#996B27#996B27

#996B27 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.101 H 73.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996B27
RGB	rgb(153, 107, 39)
HSL	hsl(36, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(36, 75%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.1%, 74.5%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.80, 11.80, 43.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.80, 45.21, 74.87°)
OKLab	oklab(56.3% 0.0293 0.0971)
OKLCH	oklch(56.3% 0.101 73.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.7621, 17.4357, 4.2964)
Luminance	0.1743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996B27 #275599

analogous

#993227 #996B27 #8E9927

triadic

#996B27 #27996B #6B2799

tetradic

#996B27 #279932 #275599 #99278E

square

#996B27 #279932 #275599 #99278E

split-complementary

#996B27 #278E99 #322799

monochromatic

#37270E #68491B #996B27 #CA8D33 #D7A863

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.68

#996B27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.49

#996B27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #996B27

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996B27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##996B27	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)

#7B6D1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867829

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A75F5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996b27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 107, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.101 73.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb9565',
    500: '#996b27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996b27;
$custom-light: #bb9565;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996b27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.789,
    "s": 59.375,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56299,
    "c": 0.10136,
    "h": 73.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996B27

secondary

#5F85BD

accent

#85E345

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F1EB

border

#D1CBC6

text

#130D06

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #996B27

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

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