#997B59#997B59

#997B59 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.061 H 69.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997B59
RGB	rgb(153, 123, 89)
HSL	hsl(32, 26%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(32, 42%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.6%, 41.8%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.66, 6.83, 22.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.66, 23.98, 73.46°)
OKLab	oklab(60.31% 0.021 0.057)
OKLCH	oklch(60.31% 0.061 69.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.0237, 21.6606, 12.4701)
Luminance	0.2166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997B59 #597799

analogous

#995B59 #997B59 #979959

triadic

#997B59 #59997B #7B5999

tetradic

#997B59 #59995B #597799 #995997

square

#997B59 #59995B #597799 #995997

split-complementary

#997B59 #599799 #5B5999

monochromatic

#4C3D2C #725C42 #997B59 #B3997C #C9B7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#997B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#997B59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997B59

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997B59	1.00	3.94	5.33	5.33
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#867C57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D835A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A37472

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 123, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.061 69.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8a188',
    500: '#997b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997b59;
$custom-light: #b8a188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.875,
    "s": 26.446,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60312,
    "c": 0.06077,
    "h": 69.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997B59

secondary

#97A6B7

accent

#91C365

background

#FBF9F8

surface

#F6F2EF

border

#D0CCCA

text

#120E0B

muted

#817E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #997B59

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

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