#997D39#997D39

#997D39 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.093 H 86.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997D39
RGB	rgb(153, 125, 57)
HSL	hsl(43, 46%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(43, 63%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.3%, 62.7%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.75, 2.65, 40.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.75, 40.42, 86.25°)
OKLab	oklab(60.23% 0.0051 0.0931)
OKLCH	oklch(60.23% 0.093 86.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.2101, 21.7362, 6.9484)
Luminance	0.2173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997D39 #395599

analogous

#994D39 #997D39 #859939

triadic

#997D39 #39997D #7D3999

tetradic

#997D39 #39994D #395599 #993985

square

#997D39 #39994D #395599 #993985

split-complementary

#997D39 #398599 #4D3999

monochromatic

#403418 #6C5928 #997D39 #BE9E51 #CFB77E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#997D39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#997D39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997D39

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997D39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997D39	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)

#8A7C32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91843C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5736E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997d39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 125, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.093 86.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baa272',
    500: '#997d39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997d39;
$custom-light: #baa272;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997d39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.5,
    "s": 45.714,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60228,
    "c": 0.09326,
    "h": 86.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997D39

secondary

#7689B8

accent

#79D552

background

#FBF9F7

surface

#F7F2ED

border

#D0CCC8

text

#120F08

muted

#817E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #997D39

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

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