#997C2B#997C2B

#997C2B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.104 H 88.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997C2B
RGB	rgb(153, 124, 43)
HSL	hsl(44, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(44, 72%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 71.9%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.34, 2.32, 46.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.34, 46.53, 87.14°)
OKLab	oklab(59.87% 0.0023 0.1039)
OKLCH	oklch(59.87% 0.104 88.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.7817, 21.3633, 5.3140)
Luminance	0.2136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997C2B #2B4899

analogous

#99452B #997C2B #7F992B

triadic

#997C2B #2B997C #7C2B99

tetradic

#997C2B #2B9945 #2B4899 #992B7F

square

#997C2B #2B9945 #2B4899 #992B7F

split-complementary

#997C2B #2B7F99 #452B99

monochromatic

#392F10 #69551E #997C2B #C8A23A #D5B969

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#997C2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#997C2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997C2B

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997C2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997C2B	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)

#8A7B20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91832F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6716B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997c2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 124, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.104 88.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bba169',
    500: '#997c2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997c2b;
$custom-light: #bba169;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997c2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.182,
    "s": 56.122,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5987,
    "c": 0.10388,
    "h": 88.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997C2B

secondary

#647BBC

accent

#70DF48

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F7F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#120E07

muted

#817E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #997C2B

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

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