#996C2A#996C2A

#996C2A is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.100 H 73.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996C2A
RGB	rgb(153, 108, 42)
HSL	hsl(36, 57%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(36, 73%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.4%, 72.5%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.09, 11.38, 42.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.09, 44.04, 75.02°)
OKLab	oklab(56.53% 0.0285 0.0953)
OKLCH	oklch(56.53% 0.1 73.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.9186, 17.6661, 4.6035)
Luminance	0.1767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996C2A #2A5799

analogous

#99352A #996C2A #8E992A

triadic

#996C2A #2A996C #6C2A99

tetradic

#996C2A #2A9935 #2A5799 #992A8E

square

#996C2A #2A9935 #2A5799 #992A8E

split-complementary

#996C2A #2A8E99 #352A99

monochromatic

#392810 #694A1D #996C2A #C88E38 #D6A968

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.63

#996C2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.53

#996C2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #996C2A

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996C2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##996C2A	1.00	4.63	4.53	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C6E22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87792C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7605E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996c2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 108, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.100 73.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb9667',
    500: '#996c2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996c2a;
$custom-light: #bb9667;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996c2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.676,
    "s": 56.923,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56529,
    "c": 0.0995,
    "h": 73.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996C2A

secondary

#6387BC

accent

#85E048

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F1EB

border

#D1CBC6

text

#120D06

muted

#817E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #996C2A

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

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