#997D22#997D22

#997D22 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.110 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997D22
RGB	rgb(153, 125, 34)
HSL	hsl(46, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(46, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.3%, 77.8%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.55, 1.32, 50.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.55, 50.38, 88.50°)
OKLab	oklab(60.01% -0.0017 0.1103)
OKLCH	oklch(60.01% 0.11 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.7604, 21.5563, 4.5804)
Luminance	0.2155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997D22 #223E99

analogous

#994222 #997D22 #7A9922

triadic

#997D22 #22997D #7D2299

tetradic

#997D22 #229942 #223E99 #99227A

square

#997D22 #229942 #223E99 #99227A

split-complementary

#997D22 #227A99 #422299

monochromatic

#352B0C #675417 #997D22 #CBA62D #DBBC5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#997D22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#997D22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997D22

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997D22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997D22	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)

#8C7B11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938327

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6726B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997d22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 125, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.110 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bba264',
    500: '#997d22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997d22;
$custom-light: #bba264;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997d22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.882,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60014,
    "c": 0.1103,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997D22

secondary

#5870BF

accent

#68E741

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F2EB

border

#D1CCC6

text

#120F06

muted

#817E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #997D22

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

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