#997E53#997E53

#997E53 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.068 H 78.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997E53
RGB	rgb(153, 126, 83)
HSL	hsl(37, 30%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(37, 46%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 45.8%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.36, 4.44, 27.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.36, 27.63, 80.75°)
OKLab	oklab(60.83% 0.0135 0.0667)
OKLCH	oklch(60.83% 0.068 78.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.1598, 22.3197, 11.3228)
Luminance	0.2232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997E53 #536E99

analogous

#995B53 #997E53 #919953

triadic

#997E53 #53997E #7E5399

tetradic

#997E53 #53995B #536E99 #995391

square

#997E53 #53995B #536E99 #995391

split-complementary

#997E53 #539199 #5B5399

monochromatic

#4A3D28 #715D3D #997E53 #B49C75 #CAB89D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#997E53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#997E53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997E53

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997E53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997E53	1.00	3.84	5.46	5.46
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#897E50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908554

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A37673

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997e53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 126, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.068 78.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8a384',
    500: '#997e53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997e53;
$custom-light: #b8a384;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997e53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.857,
    "s": 29.661,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60827,
    "c": 0.06801,
    "h": 78.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997E53

secondary

#91A0B7

accent

#88C662

background

#FBFAF8

surface

#F6F3EF

border

#D0CDCA

text

#120F0B

muted

#817F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #997E53

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

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