#997E2C#997E2C

#997E2C is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.104 H 90.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997E2C
RGB	rgb(153, 126, 44)
HSL	hsl(45, 55%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(45, 71%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 71.2%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.90, 1.25, 46.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.90, 46.61, 88.46°)
OKLab	oklab(60.31% -0.0007 0.1043)
OKLCH	oklch(60.31% 0.104 90.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.0535, 21.8771, 5.4962)
Luminance	0.2188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997E2C #2C4799

analogous

#99472C #997E2C #7D992C

triadic

#997E2C #2C997E #7E2C99

tetradic

#997E2C #2C9947 #2C4799 #992C7D

square

#997E2C #2C9947 #2C4799 #992C7D

split-complementary

#997E2C #2C7D99 #472C99

monochromatic

#3A3011 #69571E #997E2C #C7A43B #D4BA6B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#997E2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#997E2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997E2C

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997E2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997E2C	1.00	3.91	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C7C21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938430

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6736D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997e2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 126, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.104 90.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baa36a',
    500: '#997e2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997e2c;
$custom-light: #baa36a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997e2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.138,
    "s": 55.33,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60307,
    "c": 0.10432,
    "h": 90.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997E2C

secondary

#667BBB

accent

#6EDF49

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F7F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#120F07

muted

#817E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #997E2C

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

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