#996C1E#996C1E

#996C1E is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.107 H 76.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996C1E
RGB	rgb(153, 108, 30)
HSL	hsl(38, 67%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(38, 80%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.4%, 80.4%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.00, 10.82, 47.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.00, 48.87, 77.20°)
OKLab	oklab(56.43% 0.0252 0.1036)
OKLCH	oklch(56.43% 0.107 76.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.7351, 17.5927, 3.6371)
Luminance	0.1759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996C1E #1E4B99

analogous

#992F1E #996C1E #88991E

triadic

#996C1E #1E996C #6C1E99

tetradic

#996C1E #1E992F #1E4B99 #991E88

square

#996C1E #1E992F #1E4B99 #991E88

split-complementary

#996C1E #1E8899 #2F1E99

monochromatic

#33240A #664814 #996C1E #CC9028 #DDAB54

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.65

#996C1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.52

#996C1E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #996C1E

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996C1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##996C1E	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)

#7D6E10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877921

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7605D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996c1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 108, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.107 76.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc9560',
    500: '#996c1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996c1e;
$custom-light: #bc9560;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996c1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.049,
    "s": 67.213,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5643,
    "c": 0.1066,
    "h": 76.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996C1E

secondary

#527BC1

accent

#7DEA3E

background

#FCF9F5

surface

#F8F1EA

border

#D1CBC6

text

#130D05

muted

#827E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #996C1E

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

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