#997B2C#997B2C

#997B2C is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.103 H 87.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997B2C
RGB	rgb(153, 123, 44)
HSL	hsl(43, 55%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(43, 71%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.6%, 71.2%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.08, 2.94, 45.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.08, 45.86, 86.33°)
OKLab	oklab(59.67% 0.0042 0.1026)
OKLCH	oklch(59.67% 0.103 87.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.6756, 21.1214, 5.3702)
Luminance	0.2112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997B2C #2C4A99

analogous

#99442C #997B2C #80992C

triadic

#997B2C #2C997B #7B2C99

tetradic

#997B2C #2C9944 #2C4A99 #992C80

square

#997B2C #2C9944 #2C4A99 #992C80

split-complementary

#997B2C #2C8099 #442C99

monochromatic

#3A2F11 #69551E #997B2C #C7A03B #D4B76B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#997B2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#997B2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997B2C

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997B2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997B2C	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)

#897A22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918230

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6706B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997b2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 123, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.103 87.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bba06a',
    500: '#997b2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997b2c;
$custom-light: #bba06a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997b2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.486,
    "s": 55.33,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59666,
    "c": 0.10264,
    "h": 87.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997B2C

secondary

#667DBB

accent

#72DF49

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F7F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#120E07

muted

#817E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #997B2C

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

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