#996D1B#996D1B

#996D1B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.108 H 77.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996D1B
RGB	rgb(153, 109, 27)
HSL	hsl(39, 70%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(39, 82%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.8%, 82.4%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.24, 10.14, 49.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.24, 50.05, 78.31°)
OKLab	oklab(56.61% 0.0229 0.1058)
OKLCH	oklch(56.61% 0.108 77.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.8047, 17.7903, 3.4802)
Luminance	0.1779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996D1B #1B4799

analogous

#992E1B #996D1B #86991B

triadic

#996D1B #1B996D #6D1B99

tetradic

#996D1B #1B992E #1B4799 #991B86

square

#996D1B #1B992E #1B4799 #991B86

split-complementary

#996D1B #1B8699 #2E1B99

monochromatic

#312309 #654812 #996D1B #CD9224 #E0AD4F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.61

#996D1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.56

#996D1B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #996D1B

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996D1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##996D1B	1.00	4.61	4.56	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E6F0A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88791F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7615D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996d1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 109, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.108 77.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc965f',
    500: '#996d1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996d1b;
$custom-light: #bc965f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996d1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.048,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56614,
    "c": 0.10823,
    "h": 77.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996D1B

secondary

#4E76C2

accent

#79ED3B

background

#FCF9F5

surface

#F8F2EA

border

#D1CCC6

text

#130D05

muted

#827E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #996D1B

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

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