#997F2F#997F2F

#997F2F is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.103 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997F2F
RGB	rgb(153, 127, 47)
HSL	hsl(45, 53%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(45, 69%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 69.3%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.19, 0.86, 45.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.19, 45.58, 88.92°)
OKLab	oklab(60.55% -0.0014 0.1027)
OKLCH	oklch(60.55% 0.103 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.2404, 22.1575, 5.8468)
Luminance	0.2216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#997F2F #2F4999

analogous

#994A2F #997F2F #7E992F

triadic

#997F2F #2F997F #7F2F99

tetradic

#997F2F #2F994A #2F4999 #992F7E

square

#997F2F #2F994A #2F4999 #992F7E

split-complementary

#997F2F #2F7E99 #4A2F99

monochromatic

#3B3112 #6A5821 #997F2F #C5A441 #D3BB6F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#997F2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#997F2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997F2F

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997F2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997F2F	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)

#8D7D25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938533

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5756E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997f2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 127, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.103 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baa36c',
    500: '#997f2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997f2f;
$custom-light: #baa36c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997f2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 127,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.283,
    "s": 53,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6055,
    "c": 0.1027,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997F2F

secondary

#697DBA

accent

#6FDC4B

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F3EB

border

#D0CDC6

text

#120F07

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #997F2F

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

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