#996D1F#996D1F

#996D1F is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.106 H 77.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996D1F
RGB	rgb(153, 109, 31)
HSL	hsl(38, 66%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(38, 80%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.8%, 79.7%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.27, 10.29, 47.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.27, 48.61, 77.78°)
OKLab	oklab(56.64% 0.0238 0.1035)
OKLCH	oklch(56.64% 0.106 77)
XYZ	xyz(18.8542, 17.8101, 3.7407)
Luminance	0.1781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996D1F #1F4B99

analogous

#99301F #996D1F #88991F

triadic

#996D1F #1F996D #6D1F99

tetradic

#996D1F #1F9930 #1F4B99 #991F88

square

#996D1F #1F9930 #1F4B99 #991F88

split-complementary

#996D1F #1F8899 #301F99

monochromatic

#33240A #664915 #996D1F #CC9129 #DDAC56

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.60

#996D1F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.56

#996D1F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #996D1F

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996D1F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##996D1F	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)

#7D6F11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887922

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7615E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996d1f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 109, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.106 77.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc9661',
    500: '#996d1f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996d1f;
$custom-light: #bc9661;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996d1f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.361,
    "s": 66.304,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5664,
    "c": 0.1062,
    "h": 77
  },
  "luminance": 0.17809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996D1F

secondary

#547BC0

accent

#7CE93F

background

#FCF9F5

surface

#F8F2EA

border

#D1CCC6

text

#130D05

muted

#827E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #996D1F

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

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