#996E1B#996E1B

#996E1B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.108 H 78.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996E1B
RGB	rgb(153, 110, 27)
HSL	hsl(40, 70%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(40, 82%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.1%, 82.4%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.50, 9.57, 49.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.50, 50.17, 79.01°)
OKLab	oklab(56.82% 0.0213 0.1063)
OKLCH	oklch(56.82% 0.108 78.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.9120, 18.0048, 3.5159)
Luminance	0.1800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996E1B #1B4699

analogous

#992F1B #996E1B #85991B

triadic

#996E1B #1B996E #6E1B99

tetradic

#996E1B #1B992F #1B4699 #991B85

square

#996E1B #1B992F #1B4699 #991B85

split-complementary

#996E1B #1B8599 #2F1B99

monochromatic

#312309 #654912 #996E1B #CD9324 #E0AE4F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#996E1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#996E1B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996E1B

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996E1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996E1B	1.00	4.56	4.60	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.56	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)

#7E6F09

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897A1F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7625E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996e1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 110, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.108 78.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc975f',
    500: '#996e1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996e1b;
$custom-light: #bc975f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996e1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.524,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56818,
    "c": 0.10839,
    "h": 78.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996E1B

secondary

#4E75C2

accent

#78ED3B

background

#FCF9F5

surface

#F8F2EA

border

#D1CCC6

text

#130D05

muted

#827E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #996E1B

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

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