#996C1A#996C1A

#996C1A is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.109 H 77.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996C1A
RGB	rgb(153, 108, 26)
HSL	hsl(39, 71%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(39, 83%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.4%, 83%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.97, 10.68, 49.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.97, 50.29, 77.74°)
OKLab	oklab(56.4% 0.0244 0.1058)
OKLCH	oklch(56.4% 0.109 77)
XYZ	xyz(18.6873, 17.5736, 3.3849)
Luminance	0.1757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996C1A #1A4799

analogous

#992C1A #996C1A #87991A

triadic

#996C1A #1A996C #6C1A99

tetradic

#996C1A #1A992C #1A4799 #991A87

square

#996C1A #1A992C #1A4799 #991A87

split-complementary

#996C1A #1A8799 #2C1A99

monochromatic

#302208 #654711 #996C1A #CD9123 #E1AC4D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.65

#996C1A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#996C1A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #996C1A

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996C1A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##996C1A	1.00	4.65	4.51	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D6E08

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87791E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7605D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996c1a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 108, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.109 77.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc955e',
    500: '#996c1a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996c1a;
$custom-light: #bc955e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996c1a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.74,
    "s": 70.95,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56404,
    "c": 0.10857,
    "h": 77
  },
  "luminance": 0.17572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996C1A

secondary

#4C76C3

accent

#7AEE3A

background

#FCF9F5

surface

#F8F1E9

border

#D1CBC5

text

#130D05

muted

#827E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #996C1A

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

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