#997C40#997C40

#997C40 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.086 H 83.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997C40
RGB	rgb(153, 124, 64)
HSL	hsl(40, 41%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(40, 58%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 58.2%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.56, 3.76, 36.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.56, 36.73, 84.13°)
OKLab	oklab(60.1% 0.0092 0.0858)
OKLCH	oklch(60.1% 0.086 83.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.2709, 21.5590, 7.8904)
Luminance	0.2156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997C40 #405D99

analogous

#994F40 #997C40 #8A9940

triadic

#997C40 #40997C #7C4099

tetradic

#997C40 #40994F #405D99 #99408A

square

#997C40 #40994F #405D99 #99408A

split-complementary

#997C40 #408A99 #4F4099

monochromatic

#43361C #6E592E #997C40 #BB9C5C #CDB687

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#997C40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#997C40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997C40

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997C40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997C40	1.00	3.95	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#897C3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908342

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5736E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997c40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 124, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.086 83.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9a176',
    500: '#997c40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997c40;
$custom-light: #b9a176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997c40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.449,
    "s": 41.014,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60104,
    "c": 0.0863,
    "h": 83.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997C40

secondary

#7E90B7

accent

#7FD157

background

#FBF9F7

surface

#F6F2ED

border

#D0CCC8

text

#120F09

muted

#817E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #997C40

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

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