#996E1E#996E1E

#996E1E is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.107 H 78.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996E1E
RGB	rgb(153, 110, 30)
HSL	hsl(39, 67%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(39, 80%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.1%, 80.4%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.52, 9.68, 48.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.52, 49.10, 78.63°)
OKLab	oklab(56.84% 0.0219 0.1046)
OKLCH	oklch(56.84% 0.107 78.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.9485, 18.0194, 3.7082)
Luminance	0.1802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996E1E #1E4999

analogous

#99301E #996E1E #86991E

triadic

#996E1E #1E996E #6E1E99

tetradic

#996E1E #1E9930 #1E4999 #991E86

square

#996E1E #1E9930 #1E4999 #991E86

split-complementary

#996E1E #1E8699 #301E99

monochromatic

#33240A #664914 #996E1E #CC9328 #DDAD54

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#996E1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#996E1E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996E1E

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996E1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996E1E	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)

#7E6F0F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897A21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7625F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996e1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 110, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.107 78.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc9761',
    500: '#996e1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996e1e;
$custom-light: #bc9761;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996e1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.024,
    "s": 67.213,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56837,
    "c": 0.10688,
    "h": 78.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996E1E

secondary

#5279C1

accent

#7AEA3E

background

#FCF9F5

surface

#F8F2EA

border

#D1CCC6

text

#130D05

muted

#827E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #996E1E

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

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