#997D21#997D21

#997D21 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.111 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997D21
RGB	rgb(153, 125, 33)
HSL	hsl(46, 65%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(46, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.3%, 78.4%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.55, 1.28, 50.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.55, 50.75, 88.56°)
OKLab	oklab(60.01% -0.0019 0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(60.01% 0.111 91)
XYZ	xyz(20.7462, 21.5506, 4.5055)
Luminance	0.2155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997D21 #213D99

analogous

#994121 #997D21 #799921

triadic

#997D21 #21997D #7D2199

tetradic

#997D21 #219941 #213D99 #992179

square

#997D21 #219941 #213D99 #992179

split-complementary

#997D21 #217999 #412199

monochromatic

#342B0B #675416 #997D21 #CBA62C #DBBD59

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#997D21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#997D21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997D21

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997D21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997D21	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)

#8C7B0F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938326

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6726B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997d21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 125, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.111 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bba264',
    500: '#997d21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997d21;
$custom-light: #bba264;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997d21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46,
    "s": 64.516,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60007,
    "c": 0.11088,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.21549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997D21

secondary

#566FBF

accent

#67E840

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F2EB

border

#D1CCC6

text

#120F06

muted

#817E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #997D21

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

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