#997F4E#997F4E

#997F4E is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.074 H 82.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#997F4E
RGB	rgb(153, 127, 78)
HSL	hsl(39, 32%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(39, 49%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 49%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.56, 3.35, 30.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.56, 30.45, 83.68°)
OKLab	oklab(60.95% 0.0097 0.0732)
OKLCH	oklch(60.95% 0.074 82.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.1022, 22.5022, 10.3854)
Luminance	0.2250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#997F4E #4E6899

analogous

#99594E #997F4E #8E994E

triadic

#997F4E #4E997F #7F4E99

tetradic

#997F4E #4E9959 #4E6899 #994E8E

square

#997F4E #4E9959 #4E6899 #994E8E

split-complementary

#997F4E #4E8E99 #594E99

monochromatic

#483C25 #705D39 #997F4E #B59D6F #CAB897

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#997F4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#997F4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #997F4E

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##997F4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##997F4E	1.00	3.82	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B7F4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91854F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A47773

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #997f4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 127, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.074 82.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9a480',
    500: '#997f4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #997f4e;
$custom-light: #b9a480;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#997f4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 127,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.2,
    "s": 32.468,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60952,
    "c": 0.07382,
    "h": 82.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#997F4E

secondary

#8C9BB7

accent

#84C95F

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F3EE

border

#D0CDC9

text

#120F0A

muted

#817F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #997F4E

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

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