#996B57#996B57

#996B57 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.066 H 44.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996B57
RGB	rgb(153, 107, 87)
HSL	hsl(18, 28%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(18, 43%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.1%, 43.1%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.47, 15.78, 18.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.47, 24.35, 49.61°)
OKLab	oklab(57.03% 0.0474 0.0465)
OKLCH	oklch(57.03% 0.066 44.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.1157, 17.9772, 11.4254)
Luminance	0.1798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996B57 #578599

analogous

#995764 #996B57 #998C57

triadic

#996B57 #57996B #6B5799

tetradic

#996B57 #649957 #578599 #8C5799

square

#996B57 #649957 #578599 #8C5799

split-complementary

#996B57 #57998C #576499

monochromatic

#4B342B #725041 #996B57 #B38B7A #C9ADA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#996B57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#996B57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996B57

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996B57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996B57	1.00	4.57	4.60	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#777056

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827957

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A46366

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996b57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 107, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.066 44.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b99586',
    500: '#996b57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996b57;
$custom-light: #b99586;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996b57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.182,
    "s": 27.5,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57031,
    "c": 0.06641,
    "h": 44.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996B57

secondary

#95ADB7

accent

#A7C464

background

#FBF9F8

surface

#F6F1EF

border

#D0CBCA

text

#120D0B

muted

#817E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #996B57

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

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