#996D3E#996D3E

#996D3E is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.085 H 66.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996D3E
RGB	rgb(153, 109, 62)
HSL	hsl(31, 42%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(31, 59%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.8%, 59.5%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.57, 12.16, 32.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.57, 35.04, 69.70°)
OKLab	oklab(56.97% 0.0337 0.0776)
OKLCH	oklch(56.97% 0.085 66.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.4761, 18.0589, 7.0164)
Luminance	0.1806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996D3E #3E6A99

analogous

#993F3E #996D3E #98993E

triadic

#996D3E #3E996D #6D3E99

tetradic

#996D3E #3E993F #3E6A99 #993E98

square

#996D3E #3E993F #3E6A99 #993E98

split-complementary

#996D3E #3E9899 #3F3E99

monochromatic

#422F1B #6D4E2C #996D3E #BC8C59 #CDAA84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.55

#996D3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.61

#996D3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996D3E

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996D3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996D3E	1.00	4.55	4.61	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B703A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867A3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A66362

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996d3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 109, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.085 66.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba9674',
    500: '#996d3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996d3e;
$custom-light: #ba9674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996d3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.989,
    "s": 42.326,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56973,
    "c": 0.08456,
    "h": 66.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996D3E

secondary

#7B98B8

accent

#92D256

background

#FBF9F7

surface

#F7F2ED

border

#D0CCC8

text

#120D08

muted

#817E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #996D3E

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

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