#997E2E#997E2E

#997E2E is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.103 H 90.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997E2E
RGB	rgb(153, 126, 46)
HSL	hsl(45, 54%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(45, 70%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 69.9%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.91, 1.36, 45.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.91, 45.75, 88.29°)
OKLab	oklab(60.33% -0.0001 0.1028)
OKLCH	oklch(60.33% 0.103 90.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.0920, 21.8925, 5.6990)
Luminance	0.2189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997E2E #2E4999

analogous

#99492E #997E2E #7F992E

triadic

#997E2E #2E997E #7E2E99

tetradic

#997E2E #2E9949 #2E4999 #992E7F

square

#997E2E #2E9949 #2E4999 #992E7F

split-complementary

#997E2E #2E7F99 #492E99

monochromatic

#3B3112 #6A5720 #997E2E #C5A33F #D3BA6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#997E2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#997E2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997E2E

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997E2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997E2E	1.00	3.90	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.90	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)

#8C7C24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938432

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6746D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997e2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 126, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.103 90.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baa36b',
    500: '#997e2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997e2e;
$custom-light: #baa36b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997e2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.86,
    "s": 53.769,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60325,
    "c": 0.10284,
    "h": 90.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997E2E

secondary

#687DBB

accent

#70DD4B

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F7F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#120F07

muted

#817E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #997E2E

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

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