#997D2B#997D2B

#997D2B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.104 H 89.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997D2B
RGB	rgb(153, 125, 43)
HSL	hsl(45, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(45, 72%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.3%, 71.9%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.62, 1.76, 46.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.62, 46.78, 87.85°)
OKLab	oklab(60.08% 0.0006 0.1045)
OKLCH	oklch(60.08% 0.104 89.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.9077, 21.6152, 5.3560)
Luminance	0.2161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997D2B #2B4799

analogous

#99462B #997D2B #7E992B

triadic

#997D2B #2B997D #7D2B99

tetradic

#997D2B #2B9946 #2B4799 #992B7E

square

#997D2B #2B9946 #2B4799 #992B7E

split-complementary

#997D2B #2B7E99 #462B99

monochromatic

#392F10 #69561E #997D2B #C8A33A #D5BA69

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#997D2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#997D2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997D2B

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997D2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997D2B	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)

#8B7C20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92832F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6726C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997d2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 125, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.104 89.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bba269',
    500: '#997d2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997d2b;
$custom-light: #bba269;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997d2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.727,
    "s": 56.122,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60084,
    "c": 0.10445,
    "h": 89.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997D2B

secondary

#647ABC

accent

#6FDF48

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F7F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#120F07

muted

#817E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #997D2B

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

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