#997D38#997D38

#997D38 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.094 H 87.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997D38
RGB	rgb(153, 125, 56)
HSL	hsl(43, 46%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(43, 63%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.3%, 63.4%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.74, 2.57, 40.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.74, 40.89, 86.39°)
OKLab	oklab(60.22% 0.0047 0.094)
OKLCH	oklch(60.22% 0.094 87.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.1854, 21.7263, 6.8183)
Luminance	0.2172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997D38 #385499

analogous

#994C38 #997D38 #849938

triadic

#997D38 #38997D #7D3899

tetradic

#997D38 #38994C #385499 #993884

square

#997D38 #38994C #385499 #993884

split-complementary

#997D38 #388499 #4C3899

monochromatic

#3F3417 #6C5828 #997D38 #BF9F4F #CFB77C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#997D38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#997D38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997D38

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997D38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997D38	1.00	3.93	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B7C31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91843B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5736E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997d38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 125, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.094 87.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baa271',
    500: '#997d38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997d38;
$custom-light: #baa271;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997d38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.68,
    "s": 46.411,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60216,
    "c": 0.09413,
    "h": 87.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997D38

secondary

#7488B8

accent

#78D652

background

#FBF9F7

surface

#F7F2ED

border

#D0CCC8

text

#120F08

muted

#817E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #997D38

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

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