#997B21#997B21

#997B21 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.110 H 89.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997B21
RGB	rgb(153, 123, 33)
HSL	hsl(45, 65%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(45, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.6%, 78.4%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.00, 2.40, 50.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.00, 50.28, 87.26°)
OKLab	oklab(59.58% 0.0013 0.1098)
OKLCH	oklch(59.58% 0.11 89.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.4956, 21.0494, 4.4220)
Luminance	0.2105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997B21 #213F99

analogous

#993F21 #997B21 #7B9921

triadic

#997B21 #21997B #7B2199

tetradic

#997B21 #21993F #213F99 #99217B

square

#997B21 #21993F #213F99 #99217B

split-complementary

#997B21 #217B99 #3F2199

monochromatic

#342A0B #675316 #997B21 #CBA32C #DBBB59

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#997B21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#997B21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997B21

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997B21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997B21	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)

#8A7A10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918226

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6706A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997b21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 123, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.110 89.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bba064',
    500: '#997b21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997b21;
$custom-light: #bba064;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997b21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 64.516,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59579,
    "c": 0.10979,
    "h": 89.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997B21

secondary

#5671BF

accent

#6AE840

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F2EB

border

#D1CCC6

text

#120E06

muted

#817E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #997B21

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

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