#996A21#996A21

#996A21 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.105 H 73.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996A21
RGB	rgb(153, 106, 33)
HSL	hsl(37, 65%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(37, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.7%, 78.4%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.50, 12.09, 45.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.50, 47.53, 75.26°)
OKLab	oklab(56.05% 0.0293 0.1007)
OKLCH	oklch(56.05% 0.105 73.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.5668, 17.1918, 3.7790)
Luminance	0.1719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996A21 #215099

analogous

#992E21 #996A21 #8C9921

triadic

#996A21 #21996A #6A2199

tetradic

#996A21 #21992E #215099 #99218C

square

#996A21 #21992E #215099 #99218C

split-complementary

#996A21 #218C99 #2E2199

monochromatic

#34240B #674716 #996A21 #CB8D2C #DBA859

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#996A21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#996A21 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #996A21

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996A21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##996A21	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B6C16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867823

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A75E5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996a21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 106, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.105 73.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc9462',
    500: '#996a21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996a21;
$custom-light: #bc9462;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996a21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.5,
    "s": 64.516,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56048,
    "c": 0.10485,
    "h": 73.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996A21

secondary

#5680BF

accent

#82E840

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F1EB

border

#D1CBC6

text

#130D05

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #996A21

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

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