#997E45#997E45

#997E45 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.083 H 84.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997E45
RGB	rgb(153, 126, 69)
HSL	hsl(41, 38%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(41, 55%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 54.9%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.16, 3.05, 34.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.16, 34.77, 84.96°)
OKLab	oklab(60.6% 0.0078 0.0822)
OKLCH	oklch(60.6% 0.083 84.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.6728, 22.1249, 8.7580)
Luminance	0.2212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997E45 #456099

analogous

#995445 #997E45 #8A9945

triadic

#997E45 #45997E #7E4599

tetradic

#997E45 #459954 #456099 #99458A

square

#997E45 #459954 #456099 #99458A

split-complementary

#997E45 #458A99 #544599

monochromatic

#45391F #6F5B32 #997E45 #B99D63 #CCB78D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#997E45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#997E45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997E45

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997E45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997E45	1.00	3.87	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.87	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)

#8A7D40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918447

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A47571

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997e45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 126, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.083 84.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9a37a',
    500: '#997e45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997e45;
$custom-light: #b9a37a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997e45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.714,
    "s": 37.838,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60599,
    "c": 0.08252,
    "h": 84.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997E45

secondary

#8394B7

accent

#7FCE5A

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F3ED

border

#D0CDC8

text

#120F09

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #997E45

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

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