#996A23#996A23

#996A23 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.104 H 73.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996A23
RGB	rgb(153, 106, 35)
HSL	hsl(36, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(36, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.7%, 77.1%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.52, 12.18, 45.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.52, 46.75, 74.89°)
OKLab	oklab(56.06% 0.0298 0.0993)
OKLCH	oklch(56.06% 0.104 73.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.5956, 17.2033, 3.9310)
Luminance	0.1720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996A23 #235299

analogous

#992F23 #996A23 #8D9923

triadic

#996A23 #23996A #6A2399

tetradic

#996A23 #23992F #235299 #99238D

square

#996A23 #23992F #235299 #99238D

split-complementary

#996A23 #238D99 #2F2399

monochromatic

#35250C #674718 #996A23 #CB8D2E #DAA85D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#996A23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#996A23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #996A23

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996A23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##996A23	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)

#7B6D19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867825

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A75E5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996a23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 106, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.104 73.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc9463',
    500: '#996a23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996a23;
$custom-light: #bc9463;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996a23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.102,
    "s": 62.766,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56064,
    "c": 0.10373,
    "h": 73.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996A23

secondary

#5982BE

accent

#83E642

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F1EB

border

#D1CBC6

text

#130D05

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #996A23

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

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