#996D49#996D49

#996D49 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.076 H 59.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996D49
RGB	rgb(153, 109, 73)
HSL	hsl(27, 35%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(27, 52%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.8%, 52.3%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.73, 13.13, 26.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.73, 29.98, 64.02°)
OKLab	oklab(57.15% 0.0381 0.0653)
OKLCH	oklch(57.15% 0.076 59.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.8091, 18.1920, 8.7701)
Luminance	0.1819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996D49 #497599

analogous

#99494D #996D49 #999549

triadic

#996D49 #49996D #6D4999

tetradic

#996D49 #4D9949 #497599 #954999

square

#996D49 #4D9949 #497599 #954999

split-complementary

#996D49 #499995 #494D99

monochromatic

#463221 #704F35 #996D49 #B78C68 #CBAB92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.53

#996D49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.64

#996D49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996D49

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996D49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996D49	1.00	4.53	4.64	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A7046

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857A49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A56464

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996d49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 109, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.076 59.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9977c',
    500: '#996d49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996d49;
$custom-light: #b9977c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996d49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27,
    "s": 35.398,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57151,
    "c": 0.07562,
    "h": 59.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996D49

secondary

#87A1B7

accent

#99CB5C

background

#FBF9F7

surface

#F6F2EE

border

#D0CCC9

text

#120D09

muted

#817E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #996D49

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

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