#997C1F#997C1F

#997C1F is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.111 H 90.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997C1F
RGB	rgb(153, 124, 31)
HSL	hsl(46, 66%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(46, 80%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 79.7%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.26, 1.76, 51.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.26, 51.23, 88.03°)
OKLab	oklab(59.78% -0.0007 0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(59.78% 0.111 90.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.5931, 21.2879, 4.3204)
Luminance	0.2129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997C1F #1F3C99

analogous

#993F1F #997C1F #79991F

triadic

#997C1F #1F997C #7C1F99

tetradic

#997C1F #1F993F #1F3C99 #991F79

square

#997C1F #1F993F #1F3C99 #991F79

split-complementary

#997C1F #1F7999 #3F1F99

monochromatic

#332A0A #665315 #997C1F #CCA529 #DDBD56

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#997C1F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.26

#997C1F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997C1F

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997C1F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997C1F	1.00	3.99	5.26	5.26
#FFFFFF	3.99	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)

#8B7A0B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928325

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6716A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997c1f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 124, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.111 90.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bba163',
    500: '#997c1f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997c1f;
$custom-light: #bba163;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997c1f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.738,
    "s": 66.304,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5978,
    "c": 0.11144,
    "h": 90.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997C1F

secondary

#546DC0

accent

#67E93F

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F2EB

border

#D1CCC6

text

#120E06

muted

#817E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #997C1F

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

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