#997C4E#997C4E

#997C4E is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.072 H 78.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997C4E
RGB	rgb(153, 124, 78)
HSL	hsl(37, 32%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(37, 49%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 49%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.75, 5.05, 29.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.75, 29.68, 80.21°)
OKLab	oklab(60.32% 0.0147 0.0709)
OKLCH	oklch(60.32% 0.072 78.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.7205, 21.7388, 10.2582)
Luminance	0.2174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997C4E #4E6B99

analogous

#99564E #997C4E #91994E

triadic

#997C4E #4E997C #7C4E99

tetradic

#997C4E #4E9956 #4E6B99 #994E91

square

#997C4E #4E9956 #4E6B99 #994E91

split-complementary

#997C4E #4E9199 #564E99

monochromatic

#483A25 #705B39 #997C4E #B59A6F #CAB697

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#997C4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#997C4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997C4E

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997C4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997C4E	1.00	3.93	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#887C4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F834F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A47471

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997c4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 124, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.072 78.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9a180',
    500: '#997c4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997c4e;
$custom-light: #b9a180;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997c4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.8,
    "s": 32.468,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60318,
    "c": 0.07239,
    "h": 78.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997C4E

secondary

#8C9DB7

accent

#88C95F

background

#FBF9F7

surface

#F6F2EE

border

#D0CCC9

text

#120F0A

muted

#817E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #997C4E

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

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