#996A40#996A40

#996A40 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.083 H 61.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996A40
RGB	rgb(153, 106, 64)
HSL	hsl(28, 41%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(28, 58%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.7%, 58.2%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.82, 14.05, 30.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.82, 33.91, 65.53°)
OKLab	oklab(56.4% 0.0396 0.0734)
OKLCH	oklch(56.4% 0.083 61.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.2174, 17.4520, 7.2059)
Luminance	0.1745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996A40 #406F99

analogous

#994042 #996A40 #999740

triadic

#996A40 #40996A #6A4099

tetradic

#996A40 #429940 #406F99 #974099

square

#996A40 #429940 #406F99 #974099

split-complementary

#996A40 #409997 #404299

monochromatic

#432E1C #6E4C2E #996A40 #BB885C #CDA887

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.68

#996A40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.49

#996A40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #996A40

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996A40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##996A40	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)

#796E3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847841

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A66060

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996a40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 106, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.083 61.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba9476',
    500: '#996a40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996a40;
$custom-light: #ba9476;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996a40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.315,
    "s": 41.014,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56404,
    "c": 0.08337,
    "h": 61.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996A40

secondary

#7E9CB7

accent

#97D157

background

#FBF9F7

surface

#F7F1ED

border

#D0CBC8

text

#120D08

muted

#817E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #996A40

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

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