#997B1E#997B1E

#997B1E is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.111 H 89.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997B1E
RGB	rgb(153, 123, 30)
HSL	hsl(45, 67%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(45, 80%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.6%, 80.4%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.99, 2.28, 51.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.99, 51.36, 87.45°)
OKLab	oklab(59.56% 0.0007 0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(59.56% 0.111 89.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.4554, 21.0333, 4.2105)
Luminance	0.2103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997B1E #1E3C99

analogous

#993D1E #997B1E #79991E

triadic

#997B1E #1E997B #7B1E99

tetradic

#997B1E #1E993D #1E3C99 #991E79

square

#997B1E #1E993D #1E3C99 #991E79

split-complementary

#997B1E #1E7999 #3D1E99

monochromatic

#33290A #665214 #997B1E #CCA428 #DDBC54

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#997B1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#997B1E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997B1E

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997B1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997B1E	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)

#8A7A0A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918224

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A67069

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997b1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 123, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.111 89.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bba062',
    500: '#997b1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997b1e;
$custom-light: #bba062;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997b1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.366,
    "s": 67.213,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59559,
    "c": 0.11144,
    "h": 89.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997B1E

secondary

#526DC1

accent

#68EA3E

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F2EB

border

#D1CCC6

text

#120E05

muted

#817E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #997B1E

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

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