#997C20#997C20

#997C20 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.111 H 90.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997C20
RGB	rgb(153, 124, 32)
HSL	hsl(46, 65%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(46, 79%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 79.1%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.27, 1.80, 50.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.27, 50.88, 87.97°)
OKLab	oklab(59.79% -0.0005 0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(59.79% 0.111 90.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.6065, 21.2932, 4.3909)
Luminance	0.2129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997C20 #203D99

analogous

#994020 #997C20 #7A9920

triadic

#997C20 #20997C #7C2099

tetradic

#997C20 #209940 #203D99 #99207A

square

#997C20 #209940 #203D99 #99207A

split-complementary

#997C20 #207A99 #402099

monochromatic

#342A0B #665315 #997C20 #CCA52B #DCBC57

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#997C20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.26

#997C20 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997C20

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997C20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997C20	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)

#8B7B0E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928325

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6716A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997c20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 124, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.111 90.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bba163',
    500: '#997c20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997c20;
$custom-light: #bba163;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997c20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.62,
    "s": 65.405,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59786,
    "c": 0.11089,
    "h": 90.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997C20

secondary

#556FC0

accent

#68E83F

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F2EB

border

#D1CCC6

text

#120E06

muted

#817E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #997C20

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

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