#996A42#996A42

#996A42 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.082 H 60.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996A42
RGB	rgb(153, 106, 66)
HSL	hsl(28, 40%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(28, 57%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.7%, 56.9%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.85, 14.22, 29.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.85, 33.01, 64.49°)
OKLab	oklab(56.44% 0.0404 0.0712)
OKLCH	oklch(56.44% 0.082 60.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.2754, 17.4752, 7.5111)
Luminance	0.1747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996A42 #427199

analogous

#994246 #996A42 #999542

triadic

#996A42 #42996A #6A4299

tetradic

#996A42 #469942 #427199 #954299

square

#996A42 #469942 #427199 #954299

split-complementary

#996A42 #429995 #424699

monochromatic

#432F1D #6E4C30 #996A42 #BA885E #CCA889

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.67

#996A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.49

#996A42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #996A42

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##996A42	1.00	4.67	4.49	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#786E3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837842

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A66060

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 106, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.082 60.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba9477',
    500: '#996a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996a42;
$custom-light: #ba9477;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.586,
    "s": 39.726,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56436,
    "c": 0.08183,
    "h": 60.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996A42

secondary

#809EB7

accent

#99D058

background

#FBF9F7

surface

#F7F1ED

border

#D0CBC8

text

#120D09

muted

#817E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #996A42

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

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