#996A5A#996A5A

#996A5A is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.065 H 39.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996A5A
RGB	rgb(153, 106, 90)
HSL	hsl(15, 26%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(15, 41%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.7%, 41.2%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.28, 16.71, 16.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.28, 23.50, 44.68°)
OKLab	oklab(56.9% 0.0505 0.0417)
OKLCH	oklch(56.9% 0.065 39.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.1372, 17.8199, 12.0498)
Luminance	0.1782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996A5A #5A8999

analogous

#995A69 #996A5A #99895A

triadic

#996A5A #5A996A #6A5A99

tetradic

#996A5A #69995A #5A8999 #895A99

square

#996A5A #69995A #5A8999 #895A99

split-complementary

#996A5A #5A9989 #5A6999

monochromatic

#4C352D #724F43 #996A5A #B38B7D #C9ADA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.60

#996A5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.56

#996A5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #996A5A

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996A5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##996A5A	1.00	4.60	4.56	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756F59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81795A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A46366

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996a5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 106, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.065 39.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b99588',
    500: '#996a5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996a5a;
$custom-light: #b99588;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996a5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.238,
    "s": 25.926,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56902,
    "c": 0.06547,
    "h": 39.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996A5A

secondary

#98AFB7

accent

#ABC265

background

#FBF9F8

surface

#F6F1F0

border

#D0CBCB

text

#120D0B

muted

#817E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #996A5A

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

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