#997C22#997C22

#997C22 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.110 H 90.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997C22
RGB	rgb(153, 124, 34)
HSL	hsl(45, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(45, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 77.8%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.28, 1.88, 50.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.28, 50.14, 87.85°)
OKLab	oklab(59.8% -0.0001 0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(59.8% 0.11 90)
XYZ	xyz(20.6345, 21.3044, 4.5384)
Luminance	0.2130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997C22 #223F99

analogous

#994122 #997C22 #7B9922

triadic

#997C22 #22997C #7C2299

tetradic

#997C22 #229941 #223F99 #99227B

square

#997C22 #229941 #223F99 #99227B

split-complementary

#997C22 #227B99 #412299

monochromatic

#352B0C #675317 #997C22 #CBA52D #DBBB5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#997C22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.26

#997C22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997C22

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997C22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997C22	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)

#8B7B12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928327

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6716B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997c22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 124, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.110 90.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bba164',
    500: '#997c22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997c22;
$custom-light: #bba164;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997c22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.378,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59799,
    "c": 0.10974,
    "h": 90
  },
  "luminance": 0.21303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997C22

secondary

#5871BF

accent

#69E741

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F2EB

border

#D1CCC6

text

#120E06

muted

#817E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #997C22

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

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