#996B49#996B49

#996B49 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.076 H 57.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996B49
RGB	rgb(153, 107, 73)
HSL	hsl(26, 35%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(26, 52%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.1%, 52.3%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.22, 14.29, 26.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.22, 29.93, 61.49°)
OKLab	oklab(56.75% 0.0415 0.0639)
OKLCH	oklch(56.75% 0.076 57)
XYZ	xyz(19.5982, 17.7702, 8.6998)
Luminance	0.1777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996B49 #497799

analogous

#99494F #996B49 #999349

triadic

#996B49 #49996B #6B4999

tetradic

#996B49 #4F9949 #497799 #934999

square

#996B49 #4F9949 #497799 #934999

split-complementary

#996B49 #499993 #494F99

monochromatic

#463121 #704E35 #996B49 #B78A68 #CBAA92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.61

#996B49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.55

#996B49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #996B49

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996B49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##996B49	1.00	4.61	4.55	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#796F46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837949

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A56262

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996b49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 107, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.076 57.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9957c',
    500: '#996b49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996b49;
$custom-light: #b9957c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996b49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.5,
    "s": 35.398,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56753,
    "c": 0.07618,
    "h": 57
  },
  "luminance": 0.17769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996B49

secondary

#87A2B7

accent

#9CCB5C

background

#FBF9F7

surface

#F6F1EE

border

#D0CBC9

text

#120D09

muted

#817E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #996B49

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

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