#996D2A#996D2A

#996D2A is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.100 H 74.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996D2A
RGB	rgb(153, 109, 42)
HSL	hsl(36, 57%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(36, 73%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.8%, 72.5%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.35, 10.81, 42.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.35, 44.16, 75.83°)
OKLab	oklab(56.73% 0.0268 0.0959)
OKLCH	oklch(56.73% 0.1 74.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.0247, 17.8783, 4.6389)
Luminance	0.1788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996D2A #2A5699

analogous

#99352A #996D2A #8D992A

triadic

#996D2A #2A996D #6D2A99

tetradic

#996D2A #2A9935 #2A5699 #992A8D

square

#996D2A #2A9935 #2A5699 #992A8D

split-complementary

#996D2A #2A8D99 #352A99

monochromatic

#392910 #694B1D #996D2A #C88F38 #D6AA68

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.59

#996D2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.58

#996D2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #996D2A

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996D2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##996D2A	1.00	4.59	4.58	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D6F22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877A2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7615F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996d2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 109, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.100 74.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb9667',
    500: '#996d2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996d2a;
$custom-light: #bb9667;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996d2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.216,
    "s": 56.923,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56732,
    "c": 0.09958,
    "h": 74.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996D2A

secondary

#6386BC

accent

#84E048

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F2EB

border

#D1CCC6

text

#120D06

muted

#817E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #996D2A

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

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