#997F2B#997F2B

#997F2B is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.106 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997F2B
RGB	rgb(153, 127, 43)
HSL	hsl(46, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(46, 72%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 71.9%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.16, 0.63, 47.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.16, 47.30, 89.23°)
OKLab	oklab(60.51% -0.0026 0.1056)
OKLCH	oklch(60.51% 0.106 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.1634, 22.1267, 5.4412)
Luminance	0.2213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997F2B #2B4599

analogous

#99482B #997F2B #7C992B

triadic

#997F2B #2B997F #7F2B99

tetradic

#997F2B #2B9948 #2B4599 #992B7C

square

#997F2B #2B9948 #2B4599 #992B7C

split-complementary

#997F2B #2B7C99 #482B99

monochromatic

#393010 #69571E #997F2B #C8A63A #D5BC69

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#997F2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#997F2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997F2B

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997F2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997F2B	1.00	3.87	5.43	5.43
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D7D1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94852F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6746E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997f2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 127, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.106 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bba369',
    500: '#997f2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997f2b;
$custom-light: #bba369;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997f2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 127,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.818,
    "s": 56.122,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60514,
    "c": 0.10565,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997F2B

secondary

#6479BC

accent

#6CDF48

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F3EB

border

#D0CDC6

text

#120F07

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #997F2B

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

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