#996D37#996D37

#996D37 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.090 H 69.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996D37
RGB	rgb(153, 109, 55)
HSL	hsl(33, 47%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(33, 64%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.8%, 64.1%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.48, 11.62, 36.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.48, 38.30, 72.34°)
OKLab	oklab(56.88% 0.0311 0.0846)
OKLCH	oklch(56.88% 0.09 69.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.2963, 17.9869, 6.0692)
Luminance	0.1799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996D37 #376399

analogous

#993C37 #996D37 #949937

triadic

#996D37 #37996D #6D3799

tetradic

#996D37 #37993C #376399 #993794

square

#996D37 #37993C #376399 #993794

split-complementary

#996D37 #379499 #3C3799

monochromatic

#3F2D17 #6C4D27 #996D37 #BF8C4E #D0AA7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#996D37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#996D37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996D37

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996D37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996D37	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)

#7C7032

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867A38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A66261

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996d37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 109, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.090 69.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba9670',
    500: '#996d37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996d37;
$custom-light: #ba9670;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996d37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.061,
    "s": 47.115,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56877,
    "c": 0.09013,
    "h": 69.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996D37

secondary

#7392B9

accent

#8DD751

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F7F2EC

border

#D0CCC7

text

#120D07

muted

#817E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #996D37

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

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