#997E4B#997E4B

#997E4B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.076 H 82.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997E4B
RGB	rgb(153, 126, 75)
HSL	hsl(39, 34%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(39, 51%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 51%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.24, 3.62, 31.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.24, 31.72, 83.45°)
OKLab	oklab(60.69% 0.0102 0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(60.69% 0.076 82.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.8686, 22.2032, 9.7890)
Luminance	0.2220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997E4B #4B6699

analogous

#99574B #997E4B #8D994B

triadic

#997E4B #4B997E #7E4B99

tetradic

#997E4B #4B9957 #4B6699 #994B8D

square

#997E4B #4B9957 #4B6699 #994B8D

split-complementary

#997E4B #4B8D99 #574B99

monochromatic

#473A23 #705C37 #997E4B #B69C6B #CBB894

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#997E4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.44

#997E4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997E4B

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997E4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997E4B	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)

#8A7E47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90854D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A47672

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997e4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 126, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.076 82.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9a37e',
    500: '#997e4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997e4b;
$custom-light: #b9a37e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997e4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.231,
    "s": 34.211,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60691,
    "c": 0.07642,
    "h": 82.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997E4B

secondary

#8999B7

accent

#83CA5E

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F3EE

border

#D0CDC9

text

#120F0A

muted

#817F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #997E4B

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

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