#997D36#997D36

#997D36 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.096 H 87.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997D36
RGB	rgb(153, 125, 54)
HSL	hsl(43, 48%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(43, 65%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.3%, 64.7%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.71, 2.43, 41.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.71, 41.84, 86.66°)
OKLab	oklab(60.19% 0.004 0.0958)
OKLCH	oklch(60.19% 0.096 87.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.1374, 21.7071, 6.5659)
Luminance	0.2171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997D36 #365299

analogous

#994B36 #997D36 #839936

triadic

#997D36 #36997D #7D3699

tetradic

#997D36 #36994B #365299 #993683

square

#997D36 #36994B #365299 #993683

split-complementary

#997D36 #368399 #4B3699

monochromatic

#3F3316 #6C5826 #997D36 #C09F4C #D0B77A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#997D36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#997D36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997D36

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997D36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997D36	1.00	3.93	5.34	5.34
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B7C2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918439

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5736E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997d36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 125, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.096 87.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baa270',
    500: '#997d36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997d36;
$custom-light: #baa270;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997d36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.03,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60193,
    "c": 0.09584,
    "h": 87.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997D36

secondary

#7286B9

accent

#77D750

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F7F2EC

border

#D0CCC7

text

#120F08

muted

#817E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #997D36

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

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