#997233

Color #997233

A moderately saturated medium orange.

Closest named color Peru #cd853f · ΔE 18.75 Nearest Tailwind class yellow-700 #a65f00 · ΔE 9.4

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Conversions

HEX

#997233

RGB

rgb(153, 114, 51)

HSL

hsl(37.1, 50%, 40%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(37.1, 66.7%, 60%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 25.5%, 66.7%, 40%)

LAB

lab(50.74, 8.48, 39.96)

LCH

lch(50.74, 40.85, 78.02)

OKLCH

oklch(57.9%, 0.0938, 76.94)

HWB

hwb(37.1, 20%, 40%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#335a99

Analogous

#993f33

#997233

#8d9933

Triadic

#997233

#339972

#723399

Split-complementary

#997233

#338d99

#3f3399

Tetradic

#997233

#5a9933

#335a99

#723399

Square

#997233

#33993f

#335a99

#99338d

Shades

Color #997233 mixed toward black.

#805f2b

#664c22

#4d391a

#332611

#191308

Tints

Color #997233 mixed toward white.

#bf8f40

#cca566

#d9bc8c

#e6d2b3

#f2e9d9

Tones

Color #997233 mixed toward gray.

#91703b

#886e44

#806c4d

#776a55

#6f685e

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.37:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.81:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.81:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#8a8949 · ΔE 14.3

Deuteranopia

#8c8f4d · ΔE 16.3

Tritanopia

#975558 · ΔE 26.3

Achromatopsia

#797979 · ΔE 21.4

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #997233;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#997233]

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Frequently asked questions

#997233 (#997233) is rgb(153, 114, 51) in RGB.

No, #997233 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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