#997B1F#997B1F

#997B1F is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.111 H 89.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997B1F
RGB	rgb(153, 123, 31)
HSL	hsl(45, 66%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(45, 80%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.6%, 79.7%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.99, 2.32, 50.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.99, 51.01, 87.39°)
OKLab	oklab(59.57% 0.0009 0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(59.57% 0.111 89.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.4684, 21.0385, 4.2788)
Luminance	0.2104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997B1F #1F3D99

analogous

#993E1F #997B1F #7A991F

triadic

#997B1F #1F997B #7B1F99

tetradic

#997B1F #1F993E #1F3D99 #991F7A

square

#997B1F #1F993E #1F3D99 #991F7A

split-complementary

#997B1F #1F7A99 #3E1F99

monochromatic

#33290A #665215 #997B1F #CCA429 #DDBC56

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#997B1F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#997B1F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997B1F

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997B1F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997B1F	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)

#8A7A0C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918224

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A67069

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997b1f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 123, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.111 89.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bba063',
    500: '#997b1f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997b1f;
$custom-light: #bba063;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997b1f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.246,
    "s": 66.304,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59566,
    "c": 0.1109,
    "h": 89.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997B1F

secondary

#546EC0

accent

#69E93F

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F2EB

border

#D1CCC6

text

#120E06

muted

#817E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #997B1F

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

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