#996A22#996A22

#996A22 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.104 H 73.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996A22
RGB	rgb(153, 106, 34)
HSL	hsl(36, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(36, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.7%, 77.8%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.51, 12.14, 45.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.51, 47.14, 75.08°)
OKLab	oklab(56.06% 0.0296 0.1)
OKLCH	oklch(56.06% 0.104 73.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.5810, 17.1975, 3.8539)
Luminance	0.1720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996A22 #225199

analogous

#992F22 #996A22 #8D9922

triadic

#996A22 #22996A #6A2299

tetradic

#996A22 #22992F #225199 #99228D

square

#996A22 #22992F #225199 #99228D

split-complementary

#996A22 #228D99 #2F2299

monochromatic

#35250C #674717 #996A22 #CB8D2D #DBA85B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#996A22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#996A22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #996A22

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996A22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##996A22	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)

#7B6C17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867824

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A75E5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996a22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 106, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.104 73.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc9462',
    500: '#996a22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996a22;
$custom-light: #bc9462;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996a22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.303,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56056,
    "c": 0.1043,
    "h": 73.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996A22

secondary

#5881BF

accent

#83E741

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F1EB

border

#D1CBC6

text

#130D05

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #996A22

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

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