#997B20#997B20

#997B20 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.110 H 89.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997B20
RGB	rgb(153, 123, 32)
HSL	hsl(45, 65%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(45, 79%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.6%, 79.1%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.00, 2.36, 50.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.00, 50.65, 87.33°)
OKLab	oklab(59.57% 0.0011 0.1104)
OKLCH	oklch(59.57% 0.11 89.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.4818, 21.0438, 4.3493)
Luminance	0.2104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997B20 #203E99

analogous

#993F20 #997B20 #7B9920

triadic

#997B20 #20997B #7B2099

tetradic

#997B20 #20993F #203E99 #99207B

square

#997B20 #20993F #203E99 #99207B

split-complementary

#997B20 #207B99 #3F2099

monochromatic

#342A0B #665215 #997B20 #CCA42B #DCBB57

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#997B20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#997B20 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997B20

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997B20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997B20	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)

#8A7A0E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918225

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6706A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997b20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 123, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.110 89.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bba063',
    500: '#997b20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997b20;
$custom-light: #bba063;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997b20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.124,
    "s": 65.405,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59572,
    "c": 0.11036,
    "h": 89.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997B20

secondary

#556FC0

accent

#69E83F

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F2EB

border

#D1CCC6

text

#120E06

muted

#817E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #997B20

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

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