#996D1E#996D1E

#996D1E is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.107 H 77.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996D1E
RGB	rgb(153, 109, 30)
HSL	hsl(39, 67%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(39, 80%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.8%, 80.4%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.26, 10.25, 47.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.26, 48.98, 77.92°)
OKLab	oklab(56.63% 0.0236 0.1041)
OKLCH	oklch(56.63% 0.107 77.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.8412, 17.8049, 3.6724)
Luminance	0.1780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996D1E #1E4A99

analogous

#99301E #996D1E #87991E

triadic

#996D1E #1E996D #6D1E99

tetradic

#996D1E #1E9930 #1E4A99 #991E87

square

#996D1E #1E9930 #1E4A99 #991E87

split-complementary

#996D1E #1E8799 #301E99

monochromatic

#33240A #664914 #996D1E #CC9128 #DDAC54

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.60

#996D1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.56

#996D1E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #996D1E

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996D1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##996D1E	1.00	4.60	4.56	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D6F10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887921

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7615E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996d1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 109, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.107 77.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc9661',
    500: '#996d1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996d1e;
$custom-light: #bc9661;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996d1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.537,
    "s": 67.213,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56633,
    "c": 0.10673,
    "h": 77.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996D1E

secondary

#527AC1

accent

#7BEA3E

background

#FCF9F5

surface

#F8F2EA

border

#D1CCC6

text

#130D05

muted

#827E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #996D1E

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

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