#997C4B#997C4B

#997C4B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.075 H 79.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997C4B
RGB	rgb(153, 124, 75)
HSL	hsl(38, 34%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(38, 51%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 51%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.70, 4.75, 30.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.70, 31.20, 81.25°)
OKLab	oklab(60.27% 0.0135 0.0743)
OKLCH	oklch(60.27% 0.075 79.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.6154, 21.6968, 9.7046)
Luminance	0.2170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997C4B #4B6899

analogous

#99554B #997C4B #8F994B

triadic

#997C4B #4B997C #7C4B99

tetradic

#997C4B #4B9955 #4B6899 #994B8F

square

#997C4B #4B9955 #4B6899 #994B8F

split-complementary

#997C4B #4B8F99 #554B99

monochromatic

#473923 #705B37 #997C4B #B69A6B #CBB694

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#997C4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#997C4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997C4B

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997C4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997C4B	1.00	3.93	5.34	5.34
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#887C47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F834C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A47370

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997c4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 124, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.075 79.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9a17e',
    500: '#997c4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997c4b;
$custom-light: #b9a17e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997c4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.692,
    "s": 34.211,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60268,
    "c": 0.07547,
    "h": 79.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997C4B

secondary

#899AB7

accent

#86CA5E

background

#FBF9F7

surface

#F6F2EE

border

#D0CCC9

text

#120F0A

muted

#817E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #997C4B

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

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