#997B36#997B36

#997B36 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.095 H 85.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997B36
RGB	rgb(153, 123, 54)
HSL	hsl(42, 48%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(42, 65%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.6%, 64.7%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.17, 3.56, 41.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.17, 41.33, 85.05°)
OKLab	oklab(59.77% 0.0073 0.0945)
OKLCH	oklch(59.77% 0.095 85.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.8868, 21.2058, 6.4823)
Luminance	0.2120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997B36 #365499

analogous

#994936 #997B36 #859936

triadic

#997B36 #36997B #7B3699

tetradic

#997B36 #369949 #365499 #993685

square

#997B36 #369949 #365499 #993685

split-complementary

#997B36 #368599 #493699

monochromatic

#3F3216 #6C5726 #997B36 #C09D4C #D0B67A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#997B36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#997B36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997B36

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997B36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997B36	1.00	4.01	5.24	5.24
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#897A2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908239

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5716C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997b36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 123, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.095 85.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baa070',
    500: '#997b36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997b36;
$custom-light: #baa070;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997b36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.818,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59767,
    "c": 0.09477,
    "h": 85.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997B36

secondary

#7287B9

accent

#79D750

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F7F2EC

border

#D0CCC7

text

#120E08

muted

#817E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #997B36

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

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