#996A2E#996A2E

#996A2E is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.097 H 70.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996A2E
RGB	rgb(153, 106, 46)
HSL	hsl(34, 54%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(34, 70%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.7%, 69.9%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.61, 12.76, 40.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.61, 42.09, 72.36°)
OKLab	oklab(56.17% 0.0331 0.0909)
OKLCH	oklch(56.17% 0.097 70)
XYZ	xyz(18.7853, 17.2792, 4.9301)
Luminance	0.1728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996A2E #2E5D99

analogous

#99352E #996A2E #93992E

triadic

#996A2E #2E996A #6A2E99

tetradic

#996A2E #2E9935 #2E5D99 #992E93

square

#996A2E #2E9935 #2E5D99 #992E93

split-complementary

#996A2E #2E9399 #352E99

monochromatic

#3B2912 #6A4920 #996A2E #C58A3F #D3A76E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#996A2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#996A2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #996A2E

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996A2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##996A2E	1.00	4.71	4.46	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A6D27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85782F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A75F5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996a2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 106, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.097 70.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb946a',
    500: '#996a2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996a2e;
$custom-light: #bb946a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996a2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.645,
    "s": 53.769,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56168,
    "c": 0.09674,
    "h": 70
  },
  "luminance": 0.17278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996A2E

secondary

#688CBB

accent

#8BDD4B

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F1EB

border

#D1CBC6

text

#120D06

muted

#817E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #996A2E

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

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