#997B2A#997B2A

#997B2A is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.104 H 88.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997B2A
RGB	rgb(153, 123, 42)
HSL	hsl(44, 57%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(44, 73%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.6%, 72.5%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.07, 2.83, 46.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.07, 46.71, 86.53°)
OKLab	oklab(59.65% 0.0036 0.104)
OKLCH	oklch(59.65% 0.104 88)
XYZ	xyz(20.6389, 21.1067, 5.1770)
Luminance	0.2110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997B2A #2A4899

analogous

#99432A #997B2A #7F992A

triadic

#997B2A #2A997B #7B2A99

tetradic

#997B2A #2A9943 #2A4899 #992A7F

square

#997B2A #2A9943 #2A4899 #992A7F

split-complementary

#997B2A #2A7F99 #432A99

monochromatic

#392E10 #69541D #997B2A #C8A138 #D6B868

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#997B2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#997B2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997B2A

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997B2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997B2A	1.00	4.02	5.22	5.22
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A7A1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91822E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6706A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997b2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 123, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.104 88.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bba069',
    500: '#997b2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997b2a;
$custom-light: #bba069;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997b2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.784,
    "s": 56.923,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59648,
    "c": 0.10405,
    "h": 88
  },
  "luminance": 0.21105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997B2A

secondary

#637BBC

accent

#71E048

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F7F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#120E06

muted

#817E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #997B2A

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

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