#997E5A#997E5A

#997E5A is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.061 H 74.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997E5A
RGB	rgb(153, 126, 90)
HSL	hsl(34, 26%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(34, 41%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 41.2%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.48, 5.24, 23.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.48, 24.08, 77.44°)
OKLab	oklab(60.96% 0.0164 0.0583)
OKLCH	oklch(60.96% 0.061 74.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.4438, 22.4333, 12.8187)
Luminance	0.2243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Color harmonies

complementary

#997E5A #5A7599

analogous

#995F5A #997E5A #94995A

triadic

#997E5A #5A997E #7E5A99

tetradic

#997E5A #5A995F #5A7599 #995A94

square

#997E5A #5A995F #5A7599 #995A94

split-complementary

#997E5A #5A9499 #5F5A99

monochromatic

#4C3F2D #725E43 #997E5A #B39C7D #C9B9A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#997E5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#997E5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997E5A

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997E5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997E5A	1.00	3.83	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#887F57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F855B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A37775

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997e5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 126, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.061 74.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8a389',
    500: '#997e5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997e5a;
$custom-light: #b8a389;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997e5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.286,
    "s": 25.926,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60959,
    "c": 0.06053,
    "h": 74.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997E5A

secondary

#98A5B7

accent

#8DC265

background

#FBFAF8

surface

#F6F3F0

border

#D0CDCB

text

#110F0B

muted

#807F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #997E5A

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

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