#997C2E#997C2E

#997C2E is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.102 H 88.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997C2E
RGB	rgb(153, 124, 46)
HSL	hsl(44, 54%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(44, 70%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 69.9%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.37, 2.49, 45.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.37, 45.23, 86.85°)
OKLab	oklab(59.9% 0.0031 0.1017)
OKLCH	oklch(59.9% 0.102 88.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.8388, 21.3862, 5.6146)
Luminance	0.2139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997C2E #2E4B99

analogous

#99472E #997C2E #81992E

triadic

#997C2E #2E997C #7C2E99

tetradic

#997C2E #2E9947 #2E4B99 #992E81

square

#997C2E #2E9947 #2E4B99 #992E81

split-complementary

#997C2E #2E8199 #472E99

monochromatic

#3B3012 #6A5620 #997C2E #C5A13F #D3B86E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#997C2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#997C2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997C2E

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997C2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997C2E	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A7B24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918332

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6716C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997c2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 124, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.102 88.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baa16b',
    500: '#997c2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997c2e;
$custom-light: #baa16b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997c2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.738,
    "s": 53.769,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59897,
    "c": 0.1017,
    "h": 88.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997C2E

secondary

#687FBB

accent

#72DD4B

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F7F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#120E07

muted

#817E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #997C2E

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

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