#997E41#997E41

#997E41 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.086 H 85.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997E41
RGB	rgb(153, 126, 65)
HSL	hsl(42, 40%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(42, 58%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 57.5%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.11, 2.71, 36.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.11, 36.77, 85.78°)
OKLab	oklab(60.54% 0.0063 0.0862)
OKLCH	oklch(60.54% 0.086 85.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.5528, 22.0769, 8.1260)
Luminance	0.2208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997E41 #415C99

analogous

#995241 #997E41 #889941

triadic

#997E41 #41997E #7E4199

tetradic

#997E41 #419952 #415C99 #994188

square

#997E41 #419952 #415C99 #994188

split-complementary

#997E41 #418899 #524199

monochromatic

#43371D #6E5B2F #997E41 #BA9E5D #CCB788

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#997E41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#997E41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997E41

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997E41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997E41	1.00	3.88	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B7D3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918443

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A57570

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997e41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 126, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.086 85.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9a377',
    500: '#997e41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997e41;
$custom-light: #b9a377;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997e41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.591,
    "s": 40.367,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60542,
    "c": 0.08644,
    "h": 85.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997E41

secondary

#7F90B7

accent

#7DD058

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F3ED

border

#D0CDC8

text

#120F09

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #997E41

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

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