#997E49#997E49

#997E49 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.078 H 83.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997E49
RGB	rgb(153, 126, 73)
HSL	hsl(40, 35%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(40, 52%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 52.3%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.21, 3.42, 32.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.21, 32.74, 84.00°)
OKLab	oklab(60.66% 0.0094 0.0779)
OKLCH	oklch(60.66% 0.078 83.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.8012, 22.1762, 9.4342)
Luminance	0.2218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997E49 #496499

analogous

#995649 #997E49 #8C9949

triadic

#997E49 #49997E #7E4999

tetradic

#997E49 #499956 #496499 #99498C

square

#997E49 #499956 #496499 #99498C

split-complementary

#997E49 #498C99 #564999

monochromatic

#463A21 #705C35 #997E49 #B79C68 #CBB792

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#997E49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.44

#997E49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997E49

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997E49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997E49	1.00	3.86	5.44	5.44
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A7E45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91854B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A47571

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997e49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 126, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.078 83.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9a37d',
    500: '#997e49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997e49;
$custom-light: #b9a37d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997e49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.75,
    "s": 35.398,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60659,
    "c": 0.07848,
    "h": 83.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997E49

secondary

#8797B7

accent

#82CB5C

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F3EE

border

#D0CDC9

text

#120F09

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #997E49

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

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