#997E27#997E27

#997E27 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.108 H 91.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997E27
RGB	rgb(153, 126, 39)
HSL	hsl(46, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(46, 75%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 74.5%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.86, 0.99, 48.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.86, 48.69, 88.84°)
OKLab	oklab(60.27% -0.002 0.1078)
OKLCH	oklch(60.27% 0.108 91.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.9651, 21.8418, 5.0307)
Luminance	0.2184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997E27 #274299

analogous

#994527 #997E27 #7B9927

triadic

#997E27 #27997E #7E2799

tetradic

#997E27 #279945 #274299 #99277B

square

#997E27 #279945 #274299 #99277B

split-complementary

#997E27 #277B99 #452799

monochromatic

#372E0E #68561B #997E27 #CAA633 #D7BC63

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#997E27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#997E27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997E27

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997E27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997E27	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C7C1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93842C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6736D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997e27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 126, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.108 91.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bba367',
    500: '#997e27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997e27;
$custom-light: #bba367;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997e27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.789,
    "s": 59.375,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60266,
    "c": 0.10778,
    "h": 91.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997E27

secondary

#5F75BD

accent

#6BE345

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F7F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#120F06

muted

#817E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #997E27

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

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