#996D2B#996D2B

#996D2B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.099 H 74.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996D2B
RGB	rgb(153, 109, 43)
HSL	hsl(36, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(36, 72%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.8%, 71.9%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.36, 10.86, 42.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.36, 43.73, 75.62°)
OKLab	oklab(56.74% 0.0271 0.0951)
OKLCH	oklch(56.74% 0.099 74.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.0428, 17.8855, 4.7343)
Luminance	0.1788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996D2B #2B5799

analogous

#99362B #996D2B #8E992B

triadic

#996D2B #2B996D #6D2B99

tetradic

#996D2B #2B9936 #2B5799 #992B8E

square

#996D2B #2B9936 #2B5799 #992B8E

split-complementary

#996D2B #2B8E99 #362B99

monochromatic

#392910 #694B1E #996D2B #C88F3A #D5AA69

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.59

#996D2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.58

#996D2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #996D2B

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996D2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##996D2B	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)

#7D6F23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877A2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7625F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996d2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 109, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.099 74.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb9668',
    500: '#996d2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996d2b;
$custom-light: #bb9668;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996d2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 56.122,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56742,
    "c": 0.09891,
    "h": 74.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996D2B

secondary

#6487BC

accent

#85DF48

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F2EB

border

#D1CCC6

text

#120D06

muted

#817E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #996D2B

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

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