#997E1F#997E1F

#997E1F is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.113 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997E1F
RGB	rgb(153, 126, 31)
HSL	hsl(47, 66%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(47, 80%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 79.7%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.81, 0.64, 51.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.81, 51.71, 89.30°)
OKLab	oklab(60.21% -0.004 0.1125)
OKLCH	oklch(60.21% 0.113 92)
XYZ	xyz(20.8463, 21.7942, 4.4048)
Luminance	0.2179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#997E1F #1F3A99

analogous

#99411F #997E1F #77991F

triadic

#997E1F #1F997E #7E1F99

tetradic

#997E1F #1F9941 #1F3A99 #991F77

square

#997E1F #1F9941 #1F3A99 #991F77

split-complementary

#997E1F #1F7799 #411F99

monochromatic

#332A0A #665415 #997E1F #CCA829 #DDBF56

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#997E1F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#997E1F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997E1F

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997E1F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997E1F	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)

#8D7C0A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938425

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6736C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997e1f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 126, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.113 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bba363',
    500: '#997e1f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997e1f;
$custom-light: #bba363;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997e1f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.721,
    "s": 66.304,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60209,
    "c": 0.11257,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.21793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997E1F

secondary

#546CC0

accent

#64E93F

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F2EB

border

#D1CCC6

text

#120F06

muted

#817E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #997E1F

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

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