#997D3B#997D3B

#997D3B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.091 H 86.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997D3B
RGB	rgb(153, 125, 59)
HSL	hsl(42, 44%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(42, 61%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.3%, 61.4%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.77, 2.80, 39.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.77, 39.45, 85.94°)
OKLab	oklab(60.25% 0.0058 0.0913)
OKLCH	oklch(60.25% 0.091 86.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.2609, 21.7565, 7.2164)
Luminance	0.2175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997D3B #3B5799

analogous

#994E3B #997D3B #86993B

triadic

#997D3B #3B997D #7D3B99

tetradic

#997D3B #3B994E #3B5799 #993B86

square

#997D3B #3B994E #3B5799 #993B86

split-complementary

#997D3B #3B8699 #4E3B99

monochromatic

#413519 #6D592A #997D3B #BD9E54 #CEB780

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#997D3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#997D3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997D3B

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997D3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997D3B	1.00	3.92	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.92	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)

#8A7C34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91843D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5736E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997d3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 125, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.091 86.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baa273',
    500: '#997d3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997d3b;
$custom-light: #baa273;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997d3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.128,
    "s": 44.34,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60252,
    "c": 0.09147,
    "h": 86.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997D3B

secondary

#788BB8

accent

#7AD454

background

#FBF9F7

surface

#F7F2ED

border

#D0CCC8

text

#120F08

muted

#817E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #997D3B

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

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