#996D4A#996D4A

#996D4A is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.075 H 59.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996D4A
RGB	rgb(153, 109, 74)
HSL	hsl(27, 35%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(27, 52%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.8%, 51.6%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.74, 13.23, 26.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.74, 29.54, 63.38°)
OKLab	oklab(57.17% 0.0385 0.0642)
OKLCH	oklch(57.17% 0.075 59)
XYZ	xyz(19.8425, 18.2054, 8.9461)
Luminance	0.1820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996D4A #4A7699

analogous

#994A4F #996D4A #99954A

triadic

#996D4A #4A996D #6D4A99

tetradic

#996D4A #4F994A #4A7699 #954A99

square

#996D4A #4F994A #4A7699 #954A99

split-complementary

#996D4A #4A9995 #4A4F99

monochromatic

#473222 #705036 #996D4A #B78C6A #CBAC93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.53

#996D4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.64

#996D4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996D4A

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996D4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996D4A	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)

#7A7047

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857A4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A56464

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996d4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 109, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.075 59.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9977d',
    500: '#996d4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996d4a;
$custom-light: #b9977d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996d4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.582,
    "s": 34.802,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57168,
    "c": 0.07482,
    "h": 59
  },
  "luminance": 0.18204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996D4A

secondary

#88A2B7

accent

#9ACB5D

background

#FBF9F7

surface

#F6F2EE

border

#D0CCC9

text

#120D09

muted

#817E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #996D4A

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

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