#996C36#996C36

#996C36 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.091 H 69.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996C36
RGB	rgb(153, 108, 54)
HSL	hsl(33, 48%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(33, 65%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.4%, 64.7%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.21, 12.13, 36.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.21, 38.66, 71.72°)
OKLab	oklab(56.66% 0.0324 0.0849)
OKLCH	oklch(56.66% 0.091 69.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.1665, 17.7653, 5.9089)
Luminance	0.1776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996C36 #366399

analogous

#993A36 #996C36 #949936

triadic

#996C36 #36996C #6C3699

tetradic

#996C36 #36993A #366399 #993694

square

#996C36 #36993A #366399 #993694

split-complementary

#996C36 #369499 #3A3699

monochromatic

#3F2C16 #6C4C26 #996C36 #C08B4C #D0A97A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.61

#996C36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.55

#996C36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #996C36

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996C36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##996C36	1.00	4.61	4.55	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B6F31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867937

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A66160

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996c36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 108, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.091 69.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb966f',
    500: '#996c36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996c36;
$custom-light: #bb966f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996c36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.727,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56663,
    "c": 0.0909,
    "h": 69.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996C36

secondary

#7292B9

accent

#8ED750

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F7F1EC

border

#D0CBC7

text

#120D07

muted

#817E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #996C36

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

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