#997E22#997E22

#997E22 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.111 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997E22
RGB	rgb(153, 126, 34)
HSL	hsl(46, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(46, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 77.8%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.83, 0.76, 50.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.83, 50.62, 89.14°)
OKLab	oklab(60.23% -0.0033 0.1108)
OKLCH	oklch(60.23% 0.111 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.8877, 21.8108, 4.6228)
Luminance	0.2181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997E22 #223D99

analogous

#994322 #997E22 #799922

triadic

#997E22 #22997E #7E2299

tetradic

#997E22 #229943 #223D99 #992279

square

#997E22 #229943 #223D99 #992279

split-complementary

#997E22 #227999 #432299

monochromatic

#352C0C #675517 #997E22 #CBA72D #DBBE5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#997E22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#997E22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997E22

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997E22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997E22	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)

#8D7C11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938427

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6736C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997e22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 126, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.111 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bba365',
    500: '#997e22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997e22;
$custom-light: #bba365;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997e22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.387,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60229,
    "c": 0.11088,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997E22

secondary

#586FBF

accent

#67E741

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F2EB

border

#D1CCC6

text

#120F06

muted

#817E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #997E22

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

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