#997D37#997D37

#997D37 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.095 H 87.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997D37
RGB	rgb(153, 125, 55)
HSL	hsl(43, 47%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(43, 64%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.3%, 64.1%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.73, 2.50, 41.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.73, 41.37, 86.53°)
OKLab	oklab(60.2% 0.0044 0.0949)
OKLCH	oklch(60.2% 0.095 87.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.1611, 21.7166, 6.6908)
Luminance	0.2172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997D37 #375399

analogous

#994C37 #997D37 #849937

triadic

#997D37 #37997D #7D3799

tetradic

#997D37 #37994C #375399 #993784

square

#997D37 #37994C #375399 #993784

split-complementary

#997D37 #378499 #4C3799

monochromatic

#3F3317 #6C5827 #997D37 #BF9F4E #D0B77B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#997D37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#997D37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997D37

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997D37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997D37	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)

#8B7C30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91843A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5736E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997d37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 125, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.095 87.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baa271',
    500: '#997d37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997d37;
$custom-light: #baa271;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997d37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.857,
    "s": 47.115,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60204,
    "c": 0.09499,
    "h": 87.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997D37

secondary

#7387B9

accent

#77D751

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F7F2EC

border

#D0CCC7

text

#120F08

muted

#817E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #997D37

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

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