#996B50#996B50

#996B50 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.071 H 51.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996B50
RGB	rgb(153, 107, 80)
HSL	hsl(22, 31%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(22, 48%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.1%, 47.7%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.34, 15.00, 22.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.34, 26.99, 56.24°)
OKLab	oklab(56.89% 0.0445 0.0554)
OKLCH	oklch(56.89% 0.071 51.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.8435, 17.8683, 9.9916)
Luminance	0.1787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996B50 #507E99

analogous

#995059 #996B50 #998F50

triadic

#996B50 #50996B #6B5099

tetradic

#996B50 #599950 #507E99 #8F5099

square

#996B50 #599950 #507E99 #8F5099

split-complementary

#996B50 #50998F #505999

monochromatic

#493326 #714F3B #996B50 #B58A71 #CAAB99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.59

#996B50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.57

#996B50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #996B50

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996B50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##996B50	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)

#786F4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#837950

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A56364

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996b50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 107, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.071 51.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b99581',
    500: '#996b50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996b50;
$custom-light: #b99581;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996b50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.192,
    "s": 31.33,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56885,
    "c": 0.07101,
    "h": 51.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996B50

secondary

#8EA8B7

accent

#A1C860

background

#FBF9F7

surface

#F6F1EE

border

#D0CBC9

text

#120D0A

muted

#817E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #996B50

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

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