#997D49#997D49

#997D49 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.078 H 81.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997D49
RGB	rgb(153, 125, 73)
HSL	hsl(39, 35%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(39, 52%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.3%, 52.3%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.94, 3.99, 32.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.94, 32.47, 82.94°)
OKLab	oklab(60.45% 0.011 0.0772)
OKLCH	oklch(60.45% 0.078 81.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.6740, 21.9218, 9.3917)
Luminance	0.2192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997D49 #496599

analogous

#995549 #997D49 #8D9949

triadic

#997D49 #49997D #7D4999

tetradic

#997D49 #499955 #496599 #99498D

square

#997D49 #499955 #496599 #99498D

split-complementary

#997D49 #498D99 #554999

monochromatic

#463921 #705B35 #997D49 #B79B68 #CBB792

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#997D49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#997D49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997D49

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997D49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997D49	1.00	3.90	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#897D45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90844B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A47470

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997d49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 125, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.078 81.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9a27d',
    500: '#997d49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997d49;
$custom-light: #b9a27d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997d49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39,
    "s": 35.398,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60447,
    "c": 0.07797,
    "h": 81.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997D49

secondary

#8798B7

accent

#83CB5C

background

#FBF9F7

surface

#F6F2EE

border

#D0CCC9

text

#120F09

muted

#817E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #997D49

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

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