#996C46#996C46

#996C46 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.078 H 60.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996C46
RGB	rgb(153, 108, 70)
HSL	hsl(27, 37%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(27, 54%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.4%, 54.2%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.42, 13.43, 28.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.42, 31.29, 64.59°)
OKLab	oklab(56.9% 0.0386 0.0681)
OKLCH	oklch(56.9% 0.078 60.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.6060, 17.9411, 8.2235)
Luminance	0.1794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996C46 #467399

analogous

#994649 #996C46 #999546

triadic

#996C46 #46996C #6C4699

tetradic

#996C46 #499946 #467399 #954699

square

#996C46 #499946 #467399 #954699

split-complementary

#996C46 #469995 #464999

monochromatic

#453120 #6F4E33 #996C46 #B88B64 #CBAA8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.58

#996C46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.59

#996C46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996C46

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996C46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996C46	1.00	4.58	4.59	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A6F43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847A46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A56363

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996c46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 108, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.078 60.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba967a',
    500: '#996c46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996c46;
$custom-light: #ba967a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996c46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.47,
    "s": 37.22,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56899,
    "c": 0.07824,
    "h": 60.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996C46

secondary

#84A0B7

accent

#99CD5B

background

#FBF9F7

surface

#F7F2ED

border

#D0CCC8

text

#120D09

muted

#817E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #996C46

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

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