#997E29#997E29

#997E29 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.106 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997E29
RGB	rgb(153, 126, 41)
HSL	hsl(46, 58%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(46, 73%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 73.2%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.87, 1.09, 47.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.87, 47.88, 88.70°)
OKLab	oklab(60.28% -0.0015 0.1064)
OKLCH	oklch(60.28% 0.106 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.9991, 21.8554, 5.2099)
Luminance	0.2185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997E29 #294499

analogous

#994629 #997E29 #7C9929

triadic

#997E29 #29997E #7E2999

tetradic

#997E29 #299946 #294499 #99297C

square

#997E29 #299946 #294499 #99297C

split-complementary

#997E29 #297C99 #462999

monochromatic

#382F0F #69561C #997E29 #C9A636 #D6BB66

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#997E29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#997E29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997E29

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997E29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997E29	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)

#8C7C1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93842D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6736D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997e29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 126, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.106 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bba368',
    500: '#997e29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997e29;
$custom-light: #bba368;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997e29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.536,
    "s": 57.732,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60282,
    "c": 0.10643,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997E29

secondary

#6277BC

accent

#6CE147

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F7F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#120F06

muted

#817E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #997E29

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

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