#997E2B#997E2B

#997E2B is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.105 H 90.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997E2B
RGB	rgb(153, 126, 43)
HSL	hsl(45, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(45, 72%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 71.9%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.89, 1.20, 47.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.89, 47.04, 88.54°)
OKLab	oklab(60.3% -0.001 0.105)
OKLCH	oklch(60.3% 0.105 90.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.0349, 21.8697, 5.3984)
Luminance	0.2187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997E2B #2B4699

analogous

#99472B #997E2B #7D992B

triadic

#997E2B #2B997E #7E2B99

tetradic

#997E2B #2B9947 #2B4699 #992B7D

square

#997E2B #2B9947 #2B4699 #992B7D

split-complementary

#997E2B #2B7D99 #472B99

monochromatic

#392F10 #69571E #997E2B #C8A53A #D5BB69

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#997E2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#997E2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997E2B

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997E2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997E2B	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)

#8C7C20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93842F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6736D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997e2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 126, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.105 90.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bba369',
    500: '#997e2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997e2b;
$custom-light: #bba369;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997e2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.273,
    "s": 56.122,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60298,
    "c": 0.10503,
    "h": 90.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997E2B

secondary

#647ABC

accent

#6DDF48

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F7F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#120F07

muted

#817E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #997E2B

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

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