#996C1D#996C1D

#996C1D is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.107 H 76.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996C1D
RGB	rgb(153, 108, 29)
HSL	hsl(38, 68%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(38, 81%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.4%, 81%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.99, 10.79, 48.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.99, 49.23, 77.35°)
OKLab	oklab(56.42% 0.025 0.1042)
OKLCH	oklch(56.42% 0.107 76.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.7226, 17.5877, 3.5709)
Luminance	0.1759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996C1D #1D4A99

analogous

#992E1D #996C1D #88991D

triadic

#996C1D #1D996C #6C1D99

tetradic

#996C1D #1D992E #1D4A99 #991D88

square

#996C1D #1D992E #1D4A99 #991D88

split-complementary

#996C1D #1D8899 #2E1D99

monochromatic

#322309 #664813 #996C1D #CC9027 #DEAB52

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.65

#996C1D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.52

#996C1D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #996C1D

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996C1D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##996C1D	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)

#7D6E0E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877920

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7605D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996c1d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 108, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.107 76.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc9560',
    500: '#996c1d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996c1d;
$custom-light: #bc9560;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996c1d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.226,
    "s": 68.132,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56423,
    "c": 0.10712,
    "h": 76.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996C1D

secondary

#5179C1

accent

#7CEB3D

background

#FCF9F5

surface

#F8F1EA

border

#D1CBC6

text

#130D05

muted

#827E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #996C1D

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

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