#997D23#997D23

#997D23 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.110 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997D23
RGB	rgb(153, 125, 35)
HSL	hsl(46, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(46, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.3%, 77.1%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.56, 1.36, 49.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.56, 50.00, 88.44°)
OKLab	oklab(60.02% -0.0014 0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(60.02% 0.11 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.7751, 21.5622, 4.6575)
Luminance	0.2156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997D23 #233F99

analogous

#994223 #997D23 #7A9923

triadic

#997D23 #23997D #7D2399

tetradic

#997D23 #239942 #233F99 #99237A

square

#997D23 #239942 #233F99 #99237A

split-complementary

#997D23 #237A99 #422399

monochromatic

#352C0C #675418 #997D23 #CBA62E #DABC5D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#997D23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#997D23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997D23

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997D23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997D23	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)

#8C7B13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938328

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6726B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997d23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 125, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.110 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bba265',
    500: '#997d23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997d23;
$custom-light: #bba265;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997d23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.763,
    "s": 62.766,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60021,
    "c": 0.10971,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997D23

secondary

#5971BE

accent

#69E642

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F2EB

border

#D1CCC6

text

#120F06

muted

#817E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #997D23

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

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