#997D42#997D42

#997D42 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.085 H 84.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997D42
RGB	rgb(153, 125, 66)
HSL	hsl(41, 40%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(41, 57%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.3%, 56.9%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.85, 3.36, 35.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.85, 36.00, 84.65°)
OKLab	oklab(60.34% 0.0083 0.0845)
OKLCH	oklch(60.34% 0.085 84.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.4548, 21.8341, 8.2375)
Luminance	0.2183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997D42 #425E99

analogous

#995242 #997D42 #899942

triadic

#997D42 #42997D #7D4299

tetradic

#997D42 #429952 #425E99 #994289

square

#997D42 #429952 #425E99 #994289

split-complementary

#997D42 #428999 #524299

monochromatic

#43371D #6E5A30 #997D42 #BA9C5E #CCB789

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#997D42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#997D42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997D42

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997D42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997D42	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A7C3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918444

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5746F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997d42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 125, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.085 84.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9a278',
    500: '#997d42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997d42;
$custom-light: #b9a278;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997d42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.69,
    "s": 39.726,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60344,
    "c": 0.08492,
    "h": 84.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997D42

secondary

#8092B7

accent

#7FD058

background

#FBF9F7

surface

#F6F2ED

border

#D0CCC8

text

#120F09

muted

#817E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #997D42

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

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