#996C2B#996C2B

#996C2B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.099 H 73.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996C2B
RGB	rgb(153, 108, 43)
HSL	hsl(35, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(35, 72%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.4%, 71.9%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.10, 11.44, 42.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.10, 43.61, 74.80°)
OKLab	oklab(56.54% 0.0288 0.0946)
OKLCH	oklch(56.54% 0.099 73.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.9368, 17.6734, 4.6990)
Luminance	0.1767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996C2B #2B5899

analogous

#99352B #996C2B #8F992B

triadic

#996C2B #2B996C #6C2B99

tetradic

#996C2B #2B9935 #2B5899 #992B8F

square

#996C2B #2B9935 #2B5899 #992B8F

split-complementary

#996C2B #2B8F99 #352B99

monochromatic

#392910 #694A1E #996C2B #C88D3A #D5A969

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.63

#996C2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.53

#996C2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #996C2B

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996C2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##996C2B	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)

#7C6E23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87792D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7605E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996c2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 108, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.099 73.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb9668',
    500: '#996c2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996c2b;
$custom-light: #bb9668;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996c2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.455,
    "s": 56.122,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56539,
    "c": 0.09883,
    "h": 73.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996C2B

secondary

#6488BC

accent

#86DF48

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F1EB

border

#D1CBC6

text

#120D06

muted

#817E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #996C2B

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

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