#997C1D#997C1D

#997C1D is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.113 H 90.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997C1D
RGB	rgb(153, 124, 29)
HSL	hsl(46, 68%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(46, 81%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 81%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.25, 1.68, 51.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.25, 51.93, 88.14°)
OKLab	oklab(59.77% -0.0012 0.1125)
OKLCH	oklch(59.77% 0.113 90.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.5675, 21.2776, 4.1859)
Luminance	0.2128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997C1D #1D3A99

analogous

#993E1D #997C1D #78991D

triadic

#997C1D #1D997C #7C1D99

tetradic

#997C1D #1D993E #1D3A99 #991D78

square

#997C1D #1D993E #1D3A99 #991D78

split-complementary

#997C1D #1D7899 #3E1D99

monochromatic

#322909 #665213 #997C1D #CCA627 #DEBD52

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#997C1D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.26

#997C1D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997C1D

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997C1D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997C1D	1.00	4.00	5.26	5.26
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B7A07

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928323

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6716A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997c1d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 124, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.113 90.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bba162',
    500: '#997c1d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997c1d;
$custom-light: #bba162;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997c1d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.968,
    "s": 68.132,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59767,
    "c": 0.1125,
    "h": 90.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997C1D

secondary

#516BC1

accent

#66EB3D

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F2EB

border

#D1CCC6

text

#120E05

muted

#817E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #997C1D

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

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