#997B2E#997B2E

#997B2E is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.101 H 87.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997B2E
RGB	rgb(153, 123, 46)
HSL	hsl(43, 54%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(43, 70%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.6%, 69.9%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.10, 3.05, 44.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.10, 44.98, 86.11°)
OKLab	oklab(59.68% 0.0048 0.1011)
OKLCH	oklch(59.68% 0.101 87.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.7141, 21.1368, 5.5730)
Luminance	0.2114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997B2E #2E4C99

analogous

#99462E #997B2E #82992E

triadic

#997B2E #2E997B #7B2E99

tetradic

#997B2E #2E9946 #2E4C99 #992E82

square

#997B2E #2E9946 #2E4C99 #992E82

split-complementary

#997B2E #2E8299 #462E99

monochromatic

#3B2F12 #6A5520 #997B2E #C5A03F #D3B76E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#997B2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#997B2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997B2E

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997B2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997B2E	1.00	4.02	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#897A24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918231

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6706B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997b2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 123, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.101 87.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baa06b',
    500: '#997b2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997b2e;
$custom-light: #baa06b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997b2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.178,
    "s": 53.769,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59684,
    "c": 0.10116,
    "h": 87.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997B2E

secondary

#687FBB

accent

#74DD4B

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F7F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#120E07

muted

#817E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #997B2E

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

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