#996B1F#996B1F

#996B1F is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.106 H 75.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996B1F
RGB	rgb(153, 107, 31)
HSL	hsl(37, 66%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(37, 80%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.1%, 79.7%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.75, 11.44, 47.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.75, 48.39, 76.33°)
OKLab	oklab(56.23% 0.0272 0.1025)
OKLCH	oklch(56.23% 0.106 75.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.6432, 17.3882, 3.6704)
Luminance	0.1739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996B1F #1F4D99

analogous

#992E1F #996B1F #8A991F

triadic

#996B1F #1F996B #6B1F99

tetradic

#996B1F #1F992E #1F4D99 #991F8A

square

#996B1F #1F992E #1F4D99 #991F8A

split-complementary

#996B1F #1F8A99 #2E1F99

monochromatic

#33240A #664715 #996B1F #CC8F29 #DDAA56

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.69

#996B1F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.48

#996B1F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #996B1F

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996B1F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##996B1F	1.00	4.69	4.48	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C6D12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877822

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A75F5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996b1f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 107, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.106 75.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc9561',
    500: '#996b1f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996b1f;
$custom-light: #bc9561;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996b1f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.377,
    "s": 66.304,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56234,
    "c": 0.106,
    "h": 75.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996B1F

secondary

#547DC0

accent

#7FE93F

background

#FCF9F5

surface

#F8F1EA

border

#D1CBC6

text

#130D05

muted

#827E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #996B1F

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

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