#996C1B#996C1B

#996C1B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.108 H 76.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996C1B
RGB	rgb(153, 108, 27)
HSL	hsl(39, 70%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(39, 82%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.4%, 82.4%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.98, 10.71, 48.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.98, 49.94, 77.61°)
OKLab	oklab(56.41% 0.0246 0.1053)
OKLCH	oklch(56.41% 0.108 76.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.6986, 17.5781, 3.4448)
Luminance	0.1758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996C1B #1B4899

analogous

#992D1B #996C1B #87991B

triadic

#996C1B #1B996C #6C1B99

tetradic

#996C1B #1B992D #1B4899 #991B87

square

#996C1B #1B992D #1B4899 #991B87

split-complementary

#996C1B #1B8799 #2D1B99

monochromatic

#312309 #654712 #996C1B #CD9124 #E0AC4F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.65

#996C1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.52

#996C1B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #996C1B

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996C1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##996C1B	1.00	4.65	4.52	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D6E0A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87791E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7605D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996c1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 108, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.108 76.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc955f',
    500: '#996c1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996c1b;
$custom-light: #bc955f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996c1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.571,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5641,
    "c": 0.1081,
    "h": 76.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996C1B

secondary

#4E77C2

accent

#7BED3B

background

#FCF9F5

surface

#F8F1EA

border

#D1CBC6

text

#130D05

muted

#827E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #996C1B

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

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