#996D20#996D20

#996D20 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.106 H 76.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996D20
RGB	rgb(153, 109, 32)
HSL	hsl(38, 65%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(38, 79%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.8%, 79.1%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.27, 10.33, 47.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.27, 48.23, 77.63°)
OKLab	oklab(56.65% 0.024 0.1029)
OKLCH	oklch(56.65% 0.106 76.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.8676, 17.8154, 3.8112)
Luminance	0.1781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996D20 #204C99

analogous

#993120 #996D20 #899920

triadic

#996D20 #20996D #6D2099

tetradic

#996D20 #209931 #204C99 #992089

square

#996D20 #209931 #204C99 #992089

split-complementary

#996D20 #208999 #312099

monochromatic

#34250B #664915 #996D20 #CC912B #DCAC57

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.60

#996D20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.56

#996D20 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #996D20

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996D20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##996D20	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)

#7D6F13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887923

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7615E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996d20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 109, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.106 76.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc9662',
    500: '#996d20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996d20;
$custom-light: #bc9662;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996d20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.182,
    "s": 65.405,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56647,
    "c": 0.10566,
    "h": 76.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996D20

secondary

#557CC0

accent

#7DE83F

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F2EB

border

#D1CCC6

text

#130D05

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #996D20

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

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