#997B37#997B37

#997B37 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.094 H 85.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997B37
RGB	rgb(153, 123, 55)
HSL	hsl(42, 47%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(42, 64%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.6%, 64.1%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.18, 3.63, 40.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.18, 40.85, 84.90°)
OKLab	oklab(59.78% 0.0077 0.0936)
OKLCH	oklch(59.78% 0.094 85.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.9105, 21.2153, 6.6073)
Luminance	0.2121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997B37 #375599

analogous

#994A37 #997B37 #869937

triadic

#997B37 #37997B #7B3799

tetradic

#997B37 #37994A #375599 #993786

square

#997B37 #37994A #375599 #993786

split-complementary

#997B37 #378699 #4A3799

monochromatic

#3F3317 #6C5727 #997B37 #BF9D4E #D0B67B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#997B37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#997B37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997B37

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997B37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997B37	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)

#897A30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90823A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5716C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997b37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 123, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.094 85.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baa170',
    500: '#997b37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997b37;
$custom-light: #baa170;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997b37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.633,
    "s": 47.115,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59779,
    "c": 0.09392,
    "h": 85.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997B37

secondary

#7388B9

accent

#7AD751

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F7F2EC

border

#D0CCC7

text

#120E08

muted

#817E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #997B37

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

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