#996A1B#996A1B

#996A1B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.108 H 75.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996A1B
RGB	rgb(153, 106, 27)
HSL	hsl(38, 70%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(38, 82%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.7%, 82.4%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.46, 11.86, 48.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.46, 49.75, 76.21°)
OKLab	oklab(56.01% 0.0279 0.1043)
OKLCH	oklch(56.01% 0.108 75)
XYZ	xyz(18.4901, 17.1611, 3.3753)
Luminance	0.1716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996A1B #1B4A99

analogous

#992B1B #996A1B #89991B

triadic

#996A1B #1B996A #6A1B99

tetradic

#996A1B #1B992B #1B4A99 #991B89

square

#996A1B #1B992B #1B4A99 #991B89

split-complementary

#996A1B #1B8999 #2B1B99

monochromatic

#312209 #654612 #996A1B #CD8E24 #E0AA4F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#996A1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#996A1B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #996A1B

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996A1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##996A1B	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)

#7B6C0B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86781E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A75E5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996a1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 106, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.108 75.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc945f',
    500: '#996a1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996a1b;
$custom-light: #bc945f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996a1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.619,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56006,
    "c": 0.10793,
    "h": 75
  },
  "luminance": 0.1716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996A1B

secondary

#4E79C2

accent

#7DED3B

background

#FCF9F5

surface

#F8F1E9

border

#D1CBC5

text

#130D05

muted

#827E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #996A1B

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

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