#997E1E#997E1E

#997E1E is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.113 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997E1E
RGB	rgb(153, 126, 30)
HSL	hsl(47, 67%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(47, 80%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 80.4%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.80, 0.60, 52.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.80, 52.05, 89.34°)
OKLab	oklab(60.2% -0.0042 0.113)
OKLCH	oklch(60.2% 0.113 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.8333, 21.7890, 4.3364)
Luminance	0.2179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997E1E #1E3999

analogous

#99401E #997E1E #76991E

triadic

#997E1E #1E997E #7E1E99

tetradic

#997E1E #1E9940 #1E3999 #991E76

square

#997E1E #1E9940 #1E3999 #991E76

split-complementary

#997E1E #1E7699 #401E99

monochromatic

#332A0A #665414 #997E1E #CCA828 #DDBF54

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#997E1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#997E1E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997E1E

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997E1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997E1E	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)

#8D7C08

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938424

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6736C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997e1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 126, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.113 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bba363',
    500: '#997e1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997e1e;
$custom-light: #bba363;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997e1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.829,
    "s": 67.213,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60203,
    "c": 0.11311,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997E1E

secondary

#526AC1

accent

#64EA3E

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F2EB

border

#D1CCC6

text

#120F06

muted

#817E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #997E1E

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

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