#996B59#996B59

#996B59 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.065 H 42.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996B59
RGB	rgb(153, 107, 89)
HSL	hsl(17, 26%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(17, 42%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.1%, 41.8%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.51, 16.01, 17.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.51, 23.67, 47.42°)
OKLab	oklab(57.08% 0.0483 0.0439)
OKLCH	oklch(57.08% 0.065 42.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.1986, 18.0103, 11.8617)
Luminance	0.1801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#996B59 #598799

analogous

#995967 #996B59 #998B59

triadic

#996B59 #59996B #6B5999

tetradic

#996B59 #679959 #598799 #8B5999

square

#996B59 #679959 #598799 #8B5999

split-complementary

#996B59 #59998B #596799

monochromatic

#4C352C #725042 #996B59 #B38C7C #C9AEA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#996B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#996B59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996B59

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996B59	1.00	4.56	4.60	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.56	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)

#767058

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817959

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A46466

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 107, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.065 42.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b99588',
    500: '#996b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996b59;
$custom-light: #b99588;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.875,
    "s": 26.446,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57075,
    "c": 0.06524,
    "h": 42.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996B59

secondary

#97AEB7

accent

#A8C365

background

#FBF9F8

surface

#F6F1EF

border

#D0CBCA

text

#120D0B

muted

#817E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #996B59

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

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