#997E55#997E55

#997E55 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.066 H 77.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997E55
RGB	rgb(153, 126, 85)
HSL	hsl(36, 29%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(36, 44%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 44.4%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.40, 4.66, 26.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.40, 26.61, 79.91°)
OKLab	oklab(60.86% 0.0143 0.0643)
OKLCH	oklch(60.86% 0.066 77.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.2381, 22.3510, 11.7354)
Luminance	0.2235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997E55 #557099

analogous

#995C55 #997E55 #929955

triadic

#997E55 #55997E #7E5599

tetradic

#997E55 #55995C #557099 #995592

square

#997E55 #55995C #557099 #995592

split-complementary

#997E55 #559299 #5C5599

monochromatic

#4A3D29 #725E3F #997E55 #B49C77 #CAB99F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#997E55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#997E55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997E55

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997E55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997E55	1.00	3.84	5.47	5.47
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#897E52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8556

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A37674

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997e55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 126, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.066 77.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8a385',
    500: '#997e55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997e55;
$custom-light: #b8a385;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997e55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.176,
    "s": 28.571,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60863,
    "c": 0.06587,
    "h": 77.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997E55

secondary

#93A1B7

accent

#8AC563

background

#FBFAF8

surface

#F6F3EF

border

#D0CDCA

text

#120F0B

muted

#817F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #997E55

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

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