#997B49#997B49

#997B49 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.077 H 79.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997B49
RGB	rgb(153, 123, 73)
HSL	hsl(38, 35%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(38, 52%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.6%, 52.3%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.41, 5.12, 31.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.41, 31.98, 80.78°)
OKLab	oklab(60.02% 0.0144 0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(60.02% 0.077 79.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.4233, 21.4205, 9.3082)
Luminance	0.2142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997B49 #496799

analogous

#995349 #997B49 #8F9949

triadic

#997B49 #49997B #7B4999

tetradic

#997B49 #499953 #496799 #99498F

square

#997B49 #499953 #496799 #99498F

split-complementary

#997B49 #498F99 #534999

monochromatic

#463821 #705A35 #997B49 #B79968 #CBB592

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#997B49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#997B49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997B49

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997B49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997B49	1.00	3.97	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#877B45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E834A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4726F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997b49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 123, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.077 79.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9a17d',
    500: '#997b49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997b49;
$custom-light: #b9a17d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997b49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.5,
    "s": 35.398,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60025,
    "c": 0.07705,
    "h": 79.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997B49

secondary

#8799B7

accent

#86CB5C

background

#FBF9F7

surface

#F6F2EE

border

#D0CCC9

text

#120E09

muted

#817E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #997B49

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

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