#996B24#996B24

#996B24 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.103 H 74.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996B24
RGB	rgb(153, 107, 36)
HSL	hsl(36, 62%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(36, 76%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.1%, 76.5%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.78, 11.65, 44.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.78, 46.44, 75.47°)
OKLab	oklab(56.27% 0.0284 0.0992)
OKLCH	oklch(56.27% 0.103 74)
XYZ	xyz(18.7143, 17.4166, 4.0448)
Luminance	0.1741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996B24 #245299

analogous

#993024 #996B24 #8D9924

triadic

#996B24 #24996B #6B2499

tetradic

#996B24 #249930 #245299 #99248D

square

#996B24 #249930 #245299 #99248D

split-complementary

#996B24 #248D99 #302499

monochromatic

#36260D #674818 #996B24 #CB8E30 #D9A95E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.68

#996B24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.48

#996B24 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #996B24

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996B24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##996B24	1.00	4.68	4.48	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B6D1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867826

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A75F5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996b24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 107, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.103 74.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc9564',
    500: '#996b24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996b24;
$custom-light: #bc9564;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996b24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.41,
    "s": 61.905,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56273,
    "c": 0.10319,
    "h": 74
  },
  "luminance": 0.17415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996B24

secondary

#5B82BE

accent

#83E543

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F1EB

border

#D1CBC6

text

#130D06

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #996B24

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

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