#997E23#997E23

#997E23 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.110 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997E23
RGB	rgb(153, 126, 35)
HSL	hsl(46, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(46, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 77.1%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.83, 0.80, 50.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.83, 50.25, 89.08°)
OKLab	oklab(60.24% -0.003 0.1103)
OKLCH	oklch(60.24% 0.11 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.9023, 21.8166, 4.6999)
Luminance	0.2182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997E23 #233E99

analogous

#994323 #997E23 #799923

triadic

#997E23 #23997E #7E2399

tetradic

#997E23 #239943 #233E99 #992379

square

#997E23 #239943 #233E99 #992379

split-complementary

#997E23 #237999 #432399

monochromatic

#352C0C #675518 #997E23 #CBA72E #DABD5D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#997E23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#997E23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997E23

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997E23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997E23	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)

#8D7C13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938428

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6736C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 126, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.110 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bba365',
    500: '#997e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997e23;
$custom-light: #bba365;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.271,
    "s": 62.766,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60236,
    "c": 0.11029,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997E23

secondary

#5970BE

accent

#67E642

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F2EB

border

#D1CCC6

text

#120F06

muted

#817E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #997E23

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

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