#997D27#997D27

#997D27 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.107 H 90.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997D27
RGB	rgb(153, 125, 39)
HSL	hsl(45, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(45, 75%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.3%, 74.5%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.59, 1.55, 48.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.59, 48.44, 88.17°)
OKLab	oklab(60.05% -0.0004 0.1072)
OKLCH	oklch(60.05% 0.107 90.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.8379, 21.5873, 4.9883)
Luminance	0.2159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997D27 #274399

analogous

#994427 #997D27 #7C9927

triadic

#997D27 #27997D #7D2799

tetradic

#997D27 #279944 #274399 #99277C

square

#997D27 #279944 #274399 #99277C

split-complementary

#997D27 #277C99 #442799

monochromatic

#372D0E #68551B #997D27 #CAA533 #D7BB63

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#997D27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#997D27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997D27

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997D27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997D27	1.00	3.95	5.32	5.32
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C7B1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92832C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6726C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997d27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 125, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.107 90.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bba267',
    500: '#997d27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997d27;
$custom-light: #bba267;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997d27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.263,
    "s": 59.375,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60051,
    "c": 0.10719,
    "h": 90.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997D27

secondary

#5F76BD

accent

#6CE345

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F7F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#120F06

muted

#817E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #997D27

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

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