#997E56#997E56

#997E56 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.065 H 76.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997E56
RGB	rgb(153, 126, 86)
HSL	hsl(36, 28%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(36, 44%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 43.8%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.41, 4.77, 25.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.41, 26.10, 79.46°)
OKLab	oklab(60.88% 0.0147 0.0631)
OKLCH	oklch(60.88% 0.065 76.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.2782, 22.3670, 11.9461)
Luminance	0.2237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997E56 #567199

analogous

#995D56 #997E56 #939956

triadic

#997E56 #56997E #7E5699

tetradic

#997E56 #56995D #567199 #995693

square

#997E56 #56995D #567199 #995693

split-complementary

#997E56 #569399 #5D5699

monochromatic

#4B3D2A #725E40 #997E56 #B49C79 #CAB9A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#997E56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#997E56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997E56

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997E56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997E56	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)

#897E53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8557

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A37774

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997e56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 126, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.065 76.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8a386',
    500: '#997e56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997e56;
$custom-light: #b8a386;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997e56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.821,
    "s": 28.033,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60882,
    "c": 0.0648,
    "h": 76.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997E56

secondary

#94A2B7

accent

#8BC463

background

#FBFAF8

surface

#F6F3EF

border

#D0CDCA

text

#120F0B

muted

#817F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #997E56

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

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