#996A3E#996A3E

#996A3E is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.085 H 62.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996A3E
RGB	rgb(153, 106, 62)
HSL	hsl(29, 42%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(29, 59%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.7%, 59.5%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.80, 13.88, 31.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.80, 34.82, 66.51°)
OKLab	oklab(56.37% 0.0388 0.0755)
OKLCH	oklch(56.37% 0.085 62.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.1616, 17.4297, 6.9116)
Luminance	0.1743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996A3E #3E6D99

analogous

#993E3F #996A3E #99983E

triadic

#996A3E #3E996A #6A3E99

tetradic

#996A3E #3F993E #3E6D99 #983E99

square

#996A3E #3F993E #3E6D99 #983E99

split-complementary

#996A3E #3E9998 #3E3F99

monochromatic

#422E1B #6D4C2C #996A3E #BC8859 #CDA784

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.68

#996A3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.49

#996A3E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #996A3E

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996A3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##996A3E	1.00	4.68	4.49	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#796E3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84783F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A66060

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996a3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 106, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.085 62.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba9474',
    500: '#996a3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996a3e;
$custom-light: #ba9474;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996a3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.011,
    "s": 42.326,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56374,
    "c": 0.08491,
    "h": 62.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996A3E

secondary

#7B9AB8

accent

#96D256

background

#FBF9F7

surface

#F7F1ED

border

#D0CBC8

text

#120D08

muted

#817E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #996A3E

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

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