#997E35#997E35

#997E35 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.097 H 88.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997E35
RGB	rgb(153, 126, 53)
HSL	hsl(44, 49%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(44, 65%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 65.4%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.98, 1.80, 42.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.98, 42.58, 87.57°)
OKLab	oklab(60.4% 0.0021 0.0973)
OKLCH	oklch(60.4% 0.097 88.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.2414, 21.9523, 6.4859)
Luminance	0.2195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997E35 #355099

analogous

#994C35 #997E35 #829935

triadic

#997E35 #35997E #7E3599

tetradic

#997E35 #35994C #355099 #993582

square

#997E35 #35994C #355099 #993582

split-complementary

#997E35 #358299 #4C3599

monochromatic

#3E3316 #6C5925 #997E35 #C1A14B #D0B878

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#997E35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#997E35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997E35

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997E35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997E35	1.00	3.90	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C7D2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928438

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5746E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997e35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 126, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.097 88.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baa36f',
    500: '#997e35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997e35;
$custom-light: #baa36f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997e35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.8,
    "s": 48.544,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60396,
    "c": 0.09727,
    "h": 88.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997E35

secondary

#7184B9

accent

#75D850

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F3EC

border

#D0CDC7

text

#120F07

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #997E35

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

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