#997C2A#997C2A

#997C2A is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.105 H 88.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997C2A
RGB	rgb(153, 124, 42)
HSL	hsl(44, 57%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(44, 73%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 72.5%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.34, 2.27, 46.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.34, 46.95, 87.23°)
OKLab	oklab(59.86% 0.002 0.1046)
OKLCH	oklch(59.86% 0.105 88.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.7636, 21.3561, 5.2185)
Luminance	0.2135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997C2A #2A4799

analogous

#99442A #997C2A #7E992A

triadic

#997C2A #2A997C #7C2A99

tetradic

#997C2A #2A9944 #2A4799 #992A7E

square

#997C2A #2A9944 #2A4799 #992A7E

split-complementary

#997C2A #2A7E99 #442A99

monochromatic

#392E10 #69551D #997C2A #C8A338 #D6B968

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#997C2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#997C2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997C2A

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997C2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997C2A	1.00	3.98	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A7B1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91832E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6716B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997c2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 124, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.105 88.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bba169',
    500: '#997c2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997c2a;
$custom-light: #bba169;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997c2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.324,
    "s": 56.923,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59861,
    "c": 0.10459,
    "h": 88.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997C2A

secondary

#637ABC

accent

#6FE048

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F7F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#120E06

muted

#817E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #997C2A

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

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