#997E2D#997E2D

#997E2D is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.104 H 90.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997E2D
RGB	rgb(153, 126, 45)
HSL	hsl(45, 55%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(45, 71%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 70.6%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.90, 1.31, 46.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.90, 46.18, 88.38°)
OKLab	oklab(60.32% -0.0004 0.1036)
OKLCH	oklch(60.32% 0.104 90.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.0725, 21.8847, 5.5964)
Luminance	0.2188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997E2D #2D4899

analogous

#99482D #997E2D #7E992D

triadic

#997E2D #2D997E #7E2D99

tetradic

#997E2D #2D9948 #2D4899 #992D7E

square

#997E2D #2D9948 #2D4899 #992D7E

split-complementary

#997E2D #2D7E99 #482D99

monochromatic

#3A3011 #6A571F #997E2D #C6A43D #D4BA6C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#997E2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#997E2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997E2D

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997E2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997E2D	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)

#8C7C22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938431

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6746D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997e2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 126, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.104 90.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baa36b',
    500: '#997e2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997e2d;
$custom-light: #baa36b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997e2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60316,
    "c": 0.10359,
    "h": 90.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997E2D

secondary

#677CBB

accent

#6FDE4A

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F7F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#120F07

muted

#817E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #997E2D

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

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