#997E4A#997E4A

#997E4A is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.077 H 82.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997E4A
RGB	rgb(153, 126, 74)
HSL	hsl(39, 35%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(39, 52%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 51.6%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.23, 3.52, 32.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.23, 32.23, 83.73°)
OKLab	oklab(60.68% 0.0098 0.0768)
OKLCH	oklch(60.68% 0.077 82.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.8346, 22.1896, 9.6102)
Luminance	0.2219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997E4A #4A6599

analogous

#99574A #997E4A #8D994A

triadic

#997E4A #4A997E #7E4A99

tetradic

#997E4A #4A9957 #4A6599 #994A8D

square

#997E4A #4A9957 #4A6599 #994A8D

split-complementary

#997E4A #4A8D99 #574A99

monochromatic

#473A22 #705C36 #997E4A #B79C6A #CBB893

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#997E4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.44

#997E4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997E4A

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997E4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997E4A	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)

#8A7E46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90854C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A47571

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997e4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 126, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.077 82.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9a37d',
    500: '#997e4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997e4a;
$custom-light: #b9a37d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997e4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.494,
    "s": 34.802,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60675,
    "c": 0.07746,
    "h": 82.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997E4A

secondary

#8898B7

accent

#83CB5D

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F3EE

border

#D0CDC9

text

#120F0A

muted

#817F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #997E4A

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

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