#996D36#996D36

#996D36 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.091 H 70.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996D36
RGB	rgb(153, 109, 54)
HSL	hsl(33, 48%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(33, 65%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.8%, 64.7%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.47, 11.55, 37.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.47, 38.77, 72.66°)
OKLab	oklab(56.87% 0.0307 0.0856)
OKLCH	oklch(56.87% 0.091 70.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.2726, 17.9774, 5.9443)
Luminance	0.1798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996D36 #366299

analogous

#993B36 #996D36 #939936

triadic

#996D36 #36996D #6D3699

tetradic

#996D36 #36993B #366299 #993693

square

#996D36 #36993B #366299 #993693

split-complementary

#996D36 #369399 #3B3699

monochromatic

#3F2D16 #6C4D26 #996D36 #C08D4C #D0A97A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#996D36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#996D36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996D36

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996D36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996D36	1.00	4.57	4.60	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C6F31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867A37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A66261

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996d36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 109, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.091 70.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba966f',
    500: '#996d36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996d36;
$custom-light: #ba966f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996d36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.333,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56865,
    "c": 0.0909,
    "h": 70.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996D36

secondary

#7291B9

accent

#8CD750

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F7F2EC

border

#D0CCC7

text

#120D07

muted

#817E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #996D36

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

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