#997E4E#997E4E

#997E4E is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.073 H 81.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997E4E
RGB	rgb(153, 126, 78)
HSL	hsl(38, 32%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(38, 49%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 49%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.29, 3.91, 29.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.29, 30.18, 82.55°)
OKLab	oklab(60.74% 0.0114 0.0724)
OKLCH	oklch(60.74% 0.073 81.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.9737, 22.2452, 10.3426)
Luminance	0.2224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997E4E #4E6999

analogous

#99584E #997E4E #8F994E

triadic

#997E4E #4E997E #7E4E99

tetradic

#997E4E #4E9958 #4E6999 #994E8F

square

#997E4E #4E9958 #4E6999 #994E8F

split-complementary

#997E4E #4E8F99 #584E99

monochromatic

#483B25 #705D39 #997E4E #B59C6F #CAB897

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#997E4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#997E4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997E4E

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997E4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997E4E	1.00	3.85	5.45	5.45
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A7E4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90854F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A47672

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997e4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 126, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.073 81.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9a380',
    500: '#997e4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997e4e;
$custom-light: #b9a380;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997e4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.4,
    "s": 32.468,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6074,
    "c": 0.0733,
    "h": 81.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997E4E

secondary

#8C9BB7

accent

#85C95F

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F3EE

border

#D0CDC9

text

#120F0A

muted

#817F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #997E4E

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

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