#996A1E#996A1E

#996A1E is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.106 H 74.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996A1E
RGB	rgb(153, 106, 30)
HSL	hsl(37, 67%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(37, 80%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.7%, 80.4%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.48, 11.97, 47.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.48, 48.67, 75.76°)
OKLab	oklab(56.03% 0.0286 0.1025)
OKLCH	oklch(56.03% 0.106 74.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.5266, 17.1757, 3.5676)
Luminance	0.1717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996A1E #1E4D99

analogous

#992C1E #996A1E #8A991E

triadic

#996A1E #1E996A #6A1E99

tetradic

#996A1E #1E992C #1E4D99 #991E8A

square

#996A1E #1E992C #1E4D99 #991E8A

split-complementary

#996A1E #1E8A99 #2C1E99

monochromatic

#33230A #664714 #996A1E #CC8D28 #DDA954

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#996A1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#996A1E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #996A1E

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996A1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##996A1E	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)

#7B6C11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867821

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A75E5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996a1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 106, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.106 74.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc9460',
    500: '#996a1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996a1e;
$custom-light: #bc9460;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996a1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.073,
    "s": 67.213,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56026,
    "c": 0.10645,
    "h": 74.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996A1E

secondary

#527CC1

accent

#80EA3E

background

#FCF9F5

surface

#F8F1EA

border

#D1CBC6

text

#130D05

muted

#827E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #996A1E

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

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