#996B2A#996B2A

#996B2A is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.099 H 72.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996B2A
RGB	rgb(153, 107, 42)
HSL	hsl(35, 57%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(35, 73%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.1%, 72.5%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.83, 11.96, 42.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.83, 43.94, 74.21°)
OKLab	oklab(56.33% 0.0301 0.0948)
OKLCH	oklch(56.33% 0.099 72.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.8138, 17.4564, 4.5686)
Luminance	0.1746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996B2A #2A5899

analogous

#99332A #996B2A #8F992A

triadic

#996B2A #2A996B #6B2A99

tetradic

#996B2A #2A9933 #2A5899 #992A8F

square

#996B2A #2A9933 #2A5899 #992A8F

split-complementary

#996B2A #2A8F99 #332A99

monochromatic

#392810 #69491D #996B2A #C88C38 #D6A868

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.68

#996B2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.49

#996B2A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #996B2A

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996B2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##996B2A	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)

#7B6D22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86782C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A75F5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996b2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 107, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.099 72.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb9567',
    500: '#996b2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996b2a;
$custom-light: #bb9567;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996b2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.135,
    "s": 56.923,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56327,
    "c": 0.09945,
    "h": 72.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996B2A

secondary

#6388BC

accent

#87E048

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F1EB

border

#D1CBC6

text

#120D06

muted

#817E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #996B2A

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

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