#997D4E#997D4E

#997D4E is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.073 H 79.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997D4E
RGB	rgb(153, 125, 78)
HSL	hsl(38, 32%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(38, 49%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.3%, 49%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.02, 4.48, 29.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.02, 29.93, 81.39°)
OKLab	oklab(60.53% 0.0131 0.0716)
OKLCH	oklch(60.53% 0.073 79.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.8465, 21.9907, 10.3002)
Luminance	0.2199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997D4E #4E6A99

analogous

#99574E #997D4E #90994E

triadic

#997D4E #4E997D #7D4E99

tetradic

#997D4E #4E9957 #4E6A99 #994E90

square

#997D4E #4E9957 #4E6A99 #994E90

split-complementary

#997D4E #4E9099 #574E99

monochromatic

#483B25 #705C39 #997D4E #B59B6F #CAB797

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#997D4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#997D4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997D4E

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997D4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997D4E	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#897D4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F844F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A47571

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997d4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 125, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.073 79.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9a280',
    500: '#997d4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997d4e;
$custom-light: #b9a280;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997d4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.6,
    "s": 32.468,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60529,
    "c": 0.07282,
    "h": 79.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997D4E

secondary

#8C9CB7

accent

#87C95F

background

#FBF9F7

surface

#F6F2EE

border

#D0CCC9

text

#120F0A

muted

#817E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #997D4E

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

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