#997B4B#997B4B

#997B4B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.075 H 78.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997B4B
RGB	rgb(153, 123, 75)
HSL	hsl(37, 34%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(37, 51%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.6%, 51%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.44, 5.32, 30.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.44, 30.97, 80.12°)
OKLab	oklab(60.06% 0.0152 0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(60.06% 0.075 78.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.4907, 21.4474, 9.6631)
Luminance	0.2145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997B4B #4B6999

analogous

#99544B #997B4B #90994B

triadic

#997B4B #4B997B #7B4B99

tetradic

#997B4B #4B9954 #4B6999 #994B90

square

#997B4B #4B9954 #4B6999 #994B90

split-complementary

#997B4B #4B9099 #544B99

monochromatic

#473923 #705A37 #997B4B #B6996B #CBB694

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#997B4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#997B4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997B4B

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997B4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997B4B	1.00	3.97	5.29	5.29
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#877B47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E834C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4726F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997b4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 123, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.075 78.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9a17e',
    500: '#997b4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997b4b;
$custom-light: #b9a17e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997b4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.923,
    "s": 34.211,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60058,
    "c": 0.07505,
    "h": 78.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997B4B

secondary

#899BB7

accent

#87CA5E

background

#FBF9F7

surface

#F6F2EE

border

#D0CCC9

text

#120E0A

muted

#817E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #997B4B

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

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