#997B1C#997B1C

#997B1C is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.112 H 89.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997B1C
RGB	rgb(153, 123, 28)
HSL	hsl(46, 69%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(46, 82%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.6%, 81.7%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.98, 2.21, 52.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.98, 52.04, 87.57°)
OKLab	oklab(59.55% 0.0002 0.1125)
OKLCH	oklch(59.55% 0.112 89.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.4307, 21.0234, 4.0802)
Luminance	0.2102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997B1C #1C3A99

analogous

#993C1C #997B1C #78991C

triadic

#997B1C #1C997B #7B1C99

tetradic

#997B1C #1C993C #1C3A99 #991C78

square

#997B1C #1C993C #1C3A99 #991C78

split-complementary

#997B1C #1C7899 #3C1C99

monochromatic

#322809 #655113 #997B1C #CDA525 #DFBD50

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#997B1C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#997B1C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997B1C

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997B1C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997B1C	1.00	4.04	5.20	5.20
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A7A05

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918222

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A67069

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997b1c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 123, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.112 89.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bba061',
    500: '#997b1c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997b1c;
$custom-light: #bba061;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997b1c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.6,
    "s": 69.061,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59547,
    "c": 0.11247,
    "h": 89.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997B1C

secondary

#4F6BC2

accent

#66EC3C

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F2EB

border

#D1CCC6

text

#130E05

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #997B1C

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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