#996E1D#996E1D

#996E1D is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.107 H 78.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996E1D
RGB	rgb(153, 110, 29)
HSL	hsl(39, 68%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(39, 81%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.1%, 81%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.51, 9.64, 48.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.51, 49.46, 78.76°)
OKLab	oklab(56.83% 0.0217 0.1052)
OKLCH	oklch(56.83% 0.107 78.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.9359, 18.0144, 3.6420)
Luminance	0.1801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996E1D #1D4899

analogous

#99301D #996E1D #86991D

triadic

#996E1D #1D996E #6E1D99

tetradic

#996E1D #1D9930 #1D4899 #991D86

square

#996E1D #1D9930 #1D4899 #991D86

split-complementary

#996E1D #1D8699 #301D99

monochromatic

#322409 #664913 #996E1D #CC9327 #DEAE52

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#996E1D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#996E1D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996E1D

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996E1D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996E1D	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)

#7E6F0D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897A21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7625E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996e1d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 110, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.107 78.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc9760',
    500: '#996e1d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996e1d;
$custom-light: #bc9760;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996e1d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.194,
    "s": 68.132,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56831,
    "c": 0.1074,
    "h": 78.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996E1D

secondary

#5178C1

accent

#79EB3D

background

#FCF9F5

surface

#F8F2EA

border

#D1CCC6

text

#130D05

muted

#827E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #996E1D

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

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