#997E2A#997E2A

#997E2A is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.106 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997E2A
RGB	rgb(153, 126, 42)
HSL	hsl(45, 57%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(45, 73%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 72.5%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.88, 1.14, 47.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.88, 47.46, 88.62°)
OKLab	oklab(60.29% -0.0012 0.1057)
OKLCH	oklch(60.29% 0.106 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.0168, 21.8624, 5.3029)
Luminance	0.2186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997E2A #2A4599

analogous

#99462A #997E2A #7C992A

triadic

#997E2A #2A997E #7E2A99

tetradic

#997E2A #2A9946 #2A4599 #992A7C

square

#997E2A #2A9946 #2A4599 #992A7C

split-complementary

#997E2A #2A7C99 #462A99

monochromatic

#392F10 #69561D #997E2A #C8A538 #D6BB68

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#997E2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#997E2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997E2A

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997E2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997E2A	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)

#8C7C1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93842E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6736D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997e2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 126, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.106 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bba369',
    500: '#997e2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997e2a;
$custom-light: #bba369;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997e2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.405,
    "s": 56.923,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6029,
    "c": 0.10575,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997E2A

secondary

#6379BC

accent

#6DE048

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F7F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#120F06

muted

#817E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #997E2A

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

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