#996E1C#996E1C

#996E1C is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.108 H 78.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996E1C
RGB	rgb(153, 110, 28)
HSL	hsl(39, 69%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(39, 82%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.1%, 81.7%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.51, 9.60, 48.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.51, 49.82, 78.89°)
OKLab	oklab(56.82% 0.0215 0.1057)
OKLCH	oklch(56.82% 0.108 78.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.9238, 18.0096, 3.5779)
Luminance	0.1801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996E1C #1C4799

analogous

#992F1C #996E1C #85991C

triadic

#996E1C #1C996E #6E1C99

tetradic

#996E1C #1C992F #1C4799 #991C85

square

#996E1C #1C992F #1C4799 #991C85

split-complementary

#996E1C #1C8599 #2F1C99

monochromatic

#322409 #654913 #996E1C #CD9325 #DFAE50

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#996E1C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#996E1C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996E1C

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996E1C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996E1C	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)

#7E6F0B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897A20

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7625E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996e1c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 110, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.108 78.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc9760',
    500: '#996e1c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996e1c;
$custom-light: #bc9760;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996e1c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.36,
    "s": 69.061,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56824,
    "c": 0.1079,
    "h": 78.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996E1C

secondary

#4F77C2

accent

#78EC3C

background

#FCF9F5

surface

#F8F2EA

border

#D1CCC6

text

#130D05

muted

#827E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #996E1C

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

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