#996D22#996D22

#996D22 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.105 H 76.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996D22
RGB	rgb(153, 109, 34)
HSL	hsl(38, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(38, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.8%, 77.8%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.29, 10.42, 46.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.29, 47.46, 77.32°)
OKLab	oklab(56.66% 0.0246 0.1016)
OKLCH	oklch(56.66% 0.105 76.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.8956, 17.8266, 3.9588)
Luminance	0.1782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996D22 #224E99

analogous

#993222 #996D22 #8A9922

triadic

#996D22 #22996D #6D2299

tetradic

#996D22 #229932 #224E99 #99228A

square

#996D22 #229932 #224E99 #99228A

split-complementary

#996D22 #228A99 #322299

monochromatic

#35260C #674917 #996D22 #CB912D #DBAB5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.60

#996D22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.56

#996D22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #996D22

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996D22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##996D22	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)

#7D6F16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887925

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7615E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996d22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 109, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.105 76.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc9663',
    500: '#996d22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996d22;
$custom-light: #bc9663;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996d22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.815,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56663,
    "c": 0.10454,
    "h": 76.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996D22

secondary

#587EBF

accent

#7EE741

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F2EB

border

#D1CCC6

text

#130D05

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #996D22

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

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