#997E21#997E21

#997E21 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.111 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997E21
RGB	rgb(153, 126, 33)
HSL	hsl(47, 65%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(47, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 78.4%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.82, 0.72, 50.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.82, 50.99, 89.20°)
OKLab	oklab(60.22% -0.0035 0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(60.22% 0.111 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.8734, 21.8051, 4.5479)
Luminance	0.2180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997E21 #213C99

analogous

#994221 #997E21 #789921

triadic

#997E21 #21997E #7E2199

tetradic

#997E21 #219942 #213C99 #992178

square

#997E21 #219942 #213C99 #992178

split-complementary

#997E21 #217899 #422199

monochromatic

#342B0B #675516 #997E21 #CBA72C #DBBE59

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#997E21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#997E21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997E21

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997E21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997E21	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)

#8D7C0F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938427

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6736C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997e21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 126, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.111 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bba364',
    500: '#997e21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997e21;
$custom-light: #bba364;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997e21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.5,
    "s": 64.516,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60222,
    "c": 0.11147,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997E21

secondary

#566EBF

accent

#66E840

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F2EB

border

#D1CCC6

text

#120F06

muted

#817E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #997E21

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

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