#997D3E#997D3E

#997D3E is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.089 H 85.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997D3E
RGB	rgb(153, 125, 62)
HSL	hsl(42, 42%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(42, 59%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.3%, 59.5%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.80, 3.03, 37.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.80, 37.99, 85.43°)
OKLab	oklab(60.29% 0.0068 0.0885)
OKLCH	oklch(60.29% 0.089 85.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.3410, 21.7886, 7.6380)
Luminance	0.2179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997D3E #3E5A99

analogous

#994F3E #997D3E #88993E

triadic

#997D3E #3E997D #7D3E99

tetradic

#997D3E #3E994F #3E5A99 #993E88

square

#997D3E #3E994F #3E5A99 #993E88

split-complementary

#997D3E #3E8899 #4F3E99

monochromatic

#42361B #6D592C #997D3E #BC9D59 #CDB784

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#997D3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#997D3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997D3E

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997D3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997D3E	1.00	3.92	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A7C38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918440

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5736F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997d3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 125, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.089 85.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baa275',
    500: '#997d3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997d3e;
$custom-light: #baa275;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997d3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.538,
    "s": 42.326,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6029,
    "c": 0.08871,
    "h": 85.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997D3E

secondary

#7B8EB8

accent

#7CD256

background

#FBF9F7

surface

#F6F2ED

border

#D0CCC8

text

#120F08

muted

#817E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #997D3E

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

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