#996B4F#996B4F

#996B4F is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.072 H 52.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996B4F
RGB	rgb(153, 107, 79)
HSL	hsl(23, 32%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(23, 48%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.1%, 48.4%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.32, 14.89, 22.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.32, 27.39, 57.07°)
OKLab	oklab(56.87% 0.044 0.0566)
OKLCH	oklch(56.87% 0.072 52.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.8068, 17.8536, 9.7985)
Luminance	0.1785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996B4F #4F7D99

analogous

#994F58 #996B4F #99904F

triadic

#996B4F #4F996B #6B4F99

tetradic

#996B4F #58994F #4F7D99 #904F99

square

#996B4F #58994F #4F7D99 #904F99

split-complementary

#996B4F #4F9990 #4F5899

monochromatic

#483325 #714F3A #996B4F #B58A70 #CAAB98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.59

#996B4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.57

#996B4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #996B4F

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996B4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##996B4F	1.00	4.59	4.57	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#786F4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83794F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A56264

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996b4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 107, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.072 52.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b99580',
    500: '#996b4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996b4f;
$custom-light: #b99580;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996b4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.703,
    "s": 31.897,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56865,
    "c": 0.07172,
    "h": 52.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996B4F

secondary

#8DA7B7

accent

#A1C860

background

#FBF9F7

surface

#F6F1EE

border

#D0CBC9

text

#120D0A

muted

#817E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #996B4F

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

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