#996957#996957

#996957 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.068 H 41.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996957
RGB	rgb(153, 105, 87)
HSL	hsl(16, 28%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(16, 43%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.4%, 43.1%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.96, 16.93, 17.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.96, 24.61, 46.54°)
OKLab	oklab(56.64% 0.0509 0.0449)
OKLCH	oklch(56.64% 0.068 41.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.9096, 17.5650, 11.3567)
Luminance	0.1756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996957 #578799

analogous

#995766 #996957 #998A57

triadic

#996957 #579969 #695799

tetradic

#996957 #669957 #578799 #8A5799

square

#996957 #669957 #578799 #8A5799

split-complementary

#996957 #57998A #576699

monochromatic

#4B332B #724E41 #996957 #B38A7A #C9ACA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.65

#996957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#996957 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #996957

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##996957	1.00	4.65	4.51	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756E56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807857

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A46164

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 105, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.068 41.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b99486',
    500: '#996957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996957;
$custom-light: #b99486;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.364,
    "s": 27.5,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5664,
    "c": 0.06784,
    "h": 41.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996957

secondary

#95AEB7

accent

#AAC464

background

#FBF9F8

surface

#F6F1EF

border

#D0CBCA

text

#120D0B

muted

#817E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #996957

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

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