#996B4E#996B4E

#996B4E is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.072 H 53.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996B4E
RGB	rgb(153, 107, 78)
HSL	hsl(23, 32%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(23, 49%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.1%, 49%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.30, 14.79, 23.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.30, 27.80, 57.87°)
OKLab	oklab(56.85% 0.0436 0.0578)
OKLCH	oklch(56.85% 0.072 53)
XYZ	xyz(19.7707, 17.8392, 9.6083)
Luminance	0.1784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996B4E #4E7C99

analogous

#994E56 #996B4E #99914E

triadic

#996B4E #4E996B #6B4E99

tetradic

#996B4E #56994E #4E7C99 #914E99

square

#996B4E #56994E #4E7C99 #914E99

split-complementary

#996B4E #4E9991 #4E5699

monochromatic

#483225 #704F39 #996B4E #B58A6F #CAAB97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.60

#996B4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.57

#996B4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #996B4E

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996B4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##996B4E	1.00	4.60	4.57	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#786F4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83794E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A56264

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996b4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 107, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.072 53.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b99580',
    500: '#996b4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996b4e;
$custom-light: #b99580;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996b4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.2,
    "s": 32.468,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56846,
    "c": 0.07244,
    "h": 53
  },
  "luminance": 0.17838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996B4E

secondary

#8CA6B7

accent

#A0C95F

background

#FBF9F7

surface

#F6F1EE

border

#D0CBC9

text

#120D0A

muted

#817E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #996B4E

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

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