#996C16#996C16

#996C16 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.110 H 77.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996C16
RGB	rgb(153, 108, 22)
HSL	hsl(39, 75%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(39, 86%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.4%, 85.6%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.95, 10.55, 50.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.95, 51.58, 78.20°)
OKLab	oklab(56.38% 0.0236 0.1078)
OKLCH	oklch(56.38% 0.11 77.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.6456, 17.5569, 3.1657)
Luminance	0.1756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996C16 #164399

analogous

#992A16 #996C16 #859916

triadic

#996C16 #16996C #6C1699

tetradic

#996C16 #16992A #164399 #991685

square

#996C16 #16992A #164399 #991685

split-complementary

#996C16 #168599 #2A1699

monochromatic

#2E2007 #63460E #996C16 #CF921E #E4AE45

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.66

#996C16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#996C16 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #996C16

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996C16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##996C16	1.00	4.66	4.51	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D6E00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88791A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7605C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996c16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 108, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.110 77.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc955d',
    500: '#996c16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996c16;
$custom-light: #bc955d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996c16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.389,
    "s": 74.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56381,
    "c": 0.11032,
    "h": 77.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996C16

secondary

#4671C5

accent

#77F136

background

#FCF9F5

surface

#F8F1E9

border

#D1CBC5

text

#130D04

muted

#827E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #996C16

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

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