#996A18#996A18

#996A18 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.109 H 75.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996A18
RGB	rgb(153, 106, 24)
HSL	hsl(38, 73%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(38, 84%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.7%, 84.3%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.45, 11.76, 49.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.45, 50.76, 76.61°)
OKLab	oklab(55.99% 0.0273 0.1058)
OKLCH	oklch(55.99% 0.109 75.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.4572, 17.1479, 3.2018)
Luminance	0.1715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996A18 #184799

analogous

#992A18 #996A18 #879918

triadic

#996A18 #18996A #6A1899

tetradic

#996A18 #18992A #184799 #991887

square

#996A18 #18992A #184799 #991887

split-complementary

#996A18 #188799 #2A1899

monochromatic

#2F2107 #644510 #996A18 #CE8F20 #E2AB49

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#996A18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#996A18 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #996A18

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996A18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##996A18	1.00	4.74	4.43	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B6C05

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86781B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A75D5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996a18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 106, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.109 75.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc945d',
    500: '#996a18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996a18;
$custom-light: #bc945d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996a18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.14,
    "s": 72.881,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55987,
    "c": 0.10929,
    "h": 75.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996A18

secondary

#4976C4

accent

#7BF038

background

#FCF9F5

surface

#F8F1E9

border

#D1CBC5

text

#130D05

muted

#827E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #996A18

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

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