#997D1F#997D1F

#997D1F is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.112 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997D1F
RGB	rgb(153, 125, 31)
HSL	hsl(46, 66%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(46, 80%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.3%, 79.7%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.54, 1.20, 51.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.54, 51.47, 88.67°)
OKLab	oklab(59.99% -0.0023 0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(59.99% 0.112 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.7190, 21.5398, 4.3624)
Luminance	0.2154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997D1F #1F3B99

analogous

#99401F #997D1F #78991F

triadic

#997D1F #1F997D #7D1F99

tetradic

#997D1F #1F9940 #1F3B99 #991F78

square

#997D1F #1F9940 #1F3B99 #991F78

split-complementary

#997D1F #1F7899 #401F99

monochromatic

#332A0A #665315 #997D1F #CCA729 #DDBE56

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#997D1F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#997D1F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997D1F

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997D1F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997D1F	1.00	3.96	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.96	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)

#8C7B0B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938325

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6726B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997d1f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 125, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.112 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bba263',
    500: '#997d1f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997d1f;
$custom-light: #bba263;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997d1f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.23,
    "s": 66.304,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59994,
    "c": 0.11199,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997D1F

secondary

#546CC0

accent

#66E93F

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F2EB

border

#D1CCC6

text

#120F06

muted

#817E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #997D1F

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

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