#997E40#997E40

#997E40 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.087 H 86.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997E40
RGB	rgb(153, 126, 64)
HSL	hsl(42, 41%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(42, 58%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 58.2%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.10, 2.63, 37.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.10, 37.27, 85.96°)
OKLab	oklab(60.53% 0.0059 0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(60.53% 0.087 86.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.5241, 22.0654, 7.9748)
Luminance	0.2206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997E40 #405B99

analogous

#995240 #997E40 #879940

triadic

#997E40 #40997E #7E4099

tetradic

#997E40 #409952 #405B99 #994087

square

#997E40 #409952 #405B99 #994087

split-complementary

#997E40 #408799 #524099

monochromatic

#43371C #6E5A2E #997E40 #BB9E5C #CDB787

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#997E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.41

#997E40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997E40

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997E40	1.00	3.88	5.41	5.41
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B7D3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918442

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A57570

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 126, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.087 86.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9a377',
    500: '#997e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997e40;
$custom-light: #b9a377;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.798,
    "s": 41.014,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60529,
    "c": 0.08739,
    "h": 86.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997E40

secondary

#7E8FB7

accent

#7CD157

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F3ED

border

#D0CDC8

text

#120F09

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #997E40

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

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