#997B1D#997B1D

#997B1D is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.112 H 89.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997B1D
RGB	rgb(153, 123, 29)
HSL	hsl(45, 68%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(45, 81%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.6%, 81%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.98, 2.24, 51.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.98, 51.70, 87.51°)
OKLab	oklab(59.55% 0.0004 0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(59.55% 0.112 89.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.4428, 21.0283, 4.1443)
Luminance	0.2103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997B1D #1D3B99

analogous

#993D1D #997B1D #79991D

triadic

#997B1D #1D997B #7B1D99

tetradic

#997B1D #1D993D #1D3B99 #991D79

square

#997B1D #1D993D #1D3B99 #991D79

split-complementary

#997B1D #1D7999 #3D1D99

monochromatic

#322809 #665213 #997B1D #CCA427 #DEBC52

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#997B1D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#997B1D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997B1D

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997B1D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997B1D	1.00	4.03	5.21	5.21
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A7A07

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918223

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A67069

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997b1d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 123, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.112 89.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bba062',
    500: '#997b1d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997b1d;
$custom-light: #bba062;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997b1d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.484,
    "s": 68.132,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59553,
    "c": 0.11196,
    "h": 89.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997B1D

secondary

#516CC1

accent

#67EB3D

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F2EB

border

#D1CCC6

text

#120E05

muted

#817E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #997B1D

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

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