#997E2F#997E2F

#997E2F is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.102 H 89.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997E2F
RGB	rgb(153, 126, 47)
HSL	hsl(45, 53%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(45, 69%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 69.3%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.92, 1.42, 45.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.92, 45.31, 88.20°)
OKLab	oklab(60.34% 0.0002 0.1021)
OKLCH	oklch(60.34% 0.102 89.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.1119, 21.9005, 5.8040)
Luminance	0.2190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997E2F #2F4A99

analogous

#99492F #997E2F #7F992F

triadic

#997E2F #2F997E #7E2F99

tetradic

#997E2F #2F9949 #2F4A99 #992F7F

square

#997E2F #2F9949 #2F4A99 #992F7F

split-complementary

#997E2F #2F7F99 #492F99

monochromatic

#3B3112 #6A5721 #997E2F #C5A341 #D3BA6F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#997E2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#997E2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997E2F

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997E2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997E2F	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)

#8C7D25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938433

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6746D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997e2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 126, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.102 89.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baa36c',
    500: '#997e2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997e2f;
$custom-light: #baa36c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997e2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.717,
    "s": 53,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60335,
    "c": 0.10209,
    "h": 89.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997E2F

secondary

#697EBA

accent

#70DC4B

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F7F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#120F07

muted

#817E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #997E2F

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

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