#996B26#996B26

#996B26 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.102 H 73.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996B26
RGB	rgb(153, 107, 38)
HSL	hsl(36, 60%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(36, 75%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.1%, 75.2%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.80, 11.75, 44.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.80, 45.63, 75.08°)
OKLab	oklab(56.29% 0.029 0.0978)
OKLCH	oklch(56.29% 0.102 73.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.7457, 17.4292, 4.2102)
Luminance	0.1743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996B26 #265499

analogous

#993226 #996B26 #8D9926

triadic

#996B26 #26996B #6B2699

tetradic

#996B26 #269932 #265499 #99268D

square

#996B26 #269932 #265499 #99268D

split-complementary

#996B26 #268D99 #322699

monochromatic

#37260E #68491A #996B26 #CA8D32 #D8A962

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.68

#996B26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.49

#996B26 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #996B26

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996B26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##996B26	1.00	4.68	4.49	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B6D1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867828

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A75F5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996b26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 107, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.102 73.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb9565',
    500: '#996b26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996b26;
$custom-light: #bb9565;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996b26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 60.209,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5629,
    "c": 0.10199,
    "h": 73.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996B26

secondary

#5E84BD

accent

#84E344

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F1EB

border

#D1CBC6

text

#130D06

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #996B26

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

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