#997C38#997C38

#997C38 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.094 H 86.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997C38
RGB	rgb(153, 124, 56)
HSL	hsl(42, 46%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(42, 63%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 63.4%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.46, 3.14, 40.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.46, 40.63, 85.57°)
OKLab	oklab(60% 0.0064 0.0934)
OKLCH	oklch(60% 0.094 86.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.0594, 21.4744, 6.7764)
Luminance	0.2147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997C38 #385599

analogous

#994B38 #997C38 #859938

triadic

#997C38 #38997C #7C3899

tetradic

#997C38 #38994B #385599 #993885

square

#997C38 #38994B #385599 #993885

split-complementary

#997C38 #388599 #4B3899

monochromatic

#3F3317 #6C5828 #997C38 #BF9D4F #CFB67C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#997C38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#997C38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997C38

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997C38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997C38	1.00	3.97	5.29	5.29
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A7B31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91833B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5726D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 124, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.094 86.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baa171',
    500: '#997c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997c38;
$custom-light: #baa171;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.062,
    "s": 46.411,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60003,
    "c": 0.09358,
    "h": 86.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997C38

secondary

#7489B8

accent

#79D652

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F7F2EC

border

#D0CCC7

text

#120E08

muted

#817E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #997C38

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

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