#997E42#997E42

#997E42 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.085 H 85.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997E42
RGB	rgb(153, 126, 66)
HSL	hsl(41, 40%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(41, 57%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 56.9%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.12, 2.79, 36.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.12, 36.27, 85.58°)
OKLab	oklab(60.56% 0.0067 0.0852)
OKLCH	oklch(60.56% 0.085 85.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.5821, 22.0885, 8.2799)
Luminance	0.2209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997E42 #425D99

analogous

#995242 #997E42 #889942

triadic

#997E42 #42997E #7E4299

tetradic

#997E42 #429952 #425D99 #994288

square

#997E42 #429952 #425D99 #994288

split-complementary

#997E42 #428899 #524299

monochromatic

#43381D #6E5B30 #997E42 #BA9D5E #CCB789

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#997E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#997E42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997E42

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997E42	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)

#8B7D3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918444

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A57570

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 126, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.085 85.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9a378',
    500: '#997e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997e42;
$custom-light: #b9a378;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.379,
    "s": 39.726,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60556,
    "c": 0.08547,
    "h": 85.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997E42

secondary

#8091B7

accent

#7DD058

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F3ED

border

#D0CDC8

text

#120F09

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #997E42

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

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