#996C21#996C21

#996C21 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.105 H 75.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996C21
RGB	rgb(153, 108, 33)
HSL	hsl(38, 65%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(38, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.4%, 78.4%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.02, 10.95, 46.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.02, 47.74, 76.74°)
OKLab	oklab(56.45% 0.026 0.1017)
OKLCH	oklch(56.45% 0.105 75.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.7753, 17.6088, 3.8485)
Luminance	0.1761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996C21 #214E99

analogous

#993021 #996C21 #8A9921

triadic

#996C21 #21996C #6C2199

tetradic

#996C21 #219930 #214E99 #99218A

square

#996C21 #219930 #214E99 #99218A

split-complementary

#996C21 #218A99 #302199

monochromatic

#34250B #674816 #996C21 #CB902C #DBAA59

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.64

#996C21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.52

#996C21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #996C21

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996C21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##996C21	1.00	4.64	4.52	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C6E15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877924

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7605D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996c21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 108, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.105 75.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc9662',
    500: '#996c21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996c21;
$custom-light: #bc9662;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996c21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.5,
    "s": 64.516,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56452,
    "c": 0.10499,
    "h": 75.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996C21

secondary

#567EBF

accent

#7FE840

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F1EB

border

#D1CBC6

text

#130D05

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #996C21

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

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