#996A57#996A57

#996A57 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.067 H 42.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996A57
RGB	rgb(153, 106, 87)
HSL	hsl(17, 28%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(17, 43%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.7%, 43.1%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.22, 16.35, 18.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.22, 24.47, 48.06°)
OKLab	oklab(56.84% 0.0492 0.0457)
OKLCH	oklch(56.84% 0.067 42.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.0121, 17.7699, 11.3909)
Luminance	0.1777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996A57 #578699

analogous

#995765 #996A57 #998B57

triadic

#996A57 #57996A #6A5799

tetradic

#996A57 #659957 #578699 #8B5799

square

#996A57 #659957 #578699 #8B5799

split-complementary

#996A57 #57998B #576599

monochromatic

#4B342B #724F41 #996A57 #B38A7A #C9ADA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.61

#996A57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.55

#996A57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #996A57

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996A57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##996A57	1.00	4.61	4.55	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766F56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817957

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A46265

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996a57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 106, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.067 42.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b99586',
    500: '#996a57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996a57;
$custom-light: #b99586;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996a57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.273,
    "s": 27.5,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56835,
    "c": 0.0671,
    "h": 42.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996A57

secondary

#95ADB7

accent

#A8C464

background

#FBF9F8

surface

#F6F1EF

border

#D0CBCA

text

#120D0B

muted

#817E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #996A57

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

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