#997B4E#997B4E

#997B4E is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.072 H 76.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997B4E
RGB	rgb(153, 123, 78)
HSL	hsl(36, 32%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(36, 49%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.6%, 49%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.48, 5.62, 28.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.48, 29.45, 79.01°)
OKLab	oklab(60.11% 0.0164 0.0701)
OKLCH	oklch(60.11% 0.072 76.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.5958, 21.4895, 10.2166)
Luminance	0.2149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997B4E #4E6C99

analogous

#99554E #997B4E #92994E

triadic

#997B4E #4E997B #7B4E99

tetradic

#997B4E #4E9955 #4E6C99 #994E92

square

#997B4E #4E9955 #4E6C99 #994E92

split-complementary

#997B4E #4E9299 #554E99

monochromatic

#483A25 #705A39 #997B4E #B5996F #CAB697

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#997B4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#997B4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997B4E

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997B4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997B4E	1.00	3.96	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#877B4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E834F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A47370

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997b4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 123, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.072 76.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9a180',
    500: '#997b4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997b4e;
$custom-light: #b9a180;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997b4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 32.468,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60108,
    "c": 0.072,
    "h": 76.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997B4E

secondary

#8C9DB7

accent

#89C95F

background

#FBF9F7

surface

#F6F2EE

border

#D0CCC9

text

#120E0A

muted

#817E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #997B4E

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

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