#997F2C#997F2C

#997F2C is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.105 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997F2C
RGB	rgb(153, 127, 44)
HSL	hsl(46, 55%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(46, 71%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 71.2%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.17, 0.69, 46.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.17, 46.88, 89.16°)
OKLab	oklab(60.52% -0.0023 0.1049)
OKLCH	oklch(60.52% 0.105 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.1820, 22.1341, 5.5390)
Luminance	0.2213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997F2C #2C4699

analogous

#99482C #997F2C #7C992C

triadic

#997F2C #2C997F #7F2C99

tetradic

#997F2C #2C9948 #2C4699 #992C7C

square

#997F2C #2C9948 #2C4699 #992C7C

split-complementary

#997F2C #2C7C99 #482C99

monochromatic

#3A3011 #69581E #997F2C #C7A63B #D4BB6B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#997F2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#997F2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997F2C

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997F2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997F2C	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)

#8D7D21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938530

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6756E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997f2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 127, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.105 91.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baa36a',
    500: '#997f2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997f2c;
$custom-light: #baa36a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997f2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 127,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.688,
    "s": 55.33,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60522,
    "c": 0.10494,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997F2C

secondary

#667ABB

accent

#6DDF49

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F3EB

border

#D0CDC6

text

#120F07

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #997F2C

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

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