#996E1F#996E1F

#996E1F is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.106 H 78.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996E1F
RGB	rgb(153, 110, 31)
HSL	hsl(39, 66%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(39, 80%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.1%, 79.7%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.53, 9.72, 47.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.53, 48.73, 78.50°)
OKLab	oklab(56.84% 0.0222 0.104)
OKLCH	oklch(56.84% 0.106 78)
XYZ	xyz(18.9615, 18.0246, 3.7765)
Luminance	0.1802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996E1F #1F4A99

analogous

#99311F #996E1F #87991F

triadic

#996E1F #1F996E #6E1F99

tetradic

#996E1F #1F9931 #1F4A99 #991F87

square

#996E1F #1F9931 #1F4A99 #991F87

split-complementary

#996E1F #1F8799 #311F99

monochromatic

#33250A #664915 #996E1F #CC9329 #DDAD56

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#996E1F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#996E1F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996E1F

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996E1F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996E1F	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)

#7E6F11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887A22

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7625F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996e1f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 110, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.106 78.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc9761',
    500: '#996e1f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996e1f;
$custom-light: #bc9761;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996e1f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.852,
    "s": 66.304,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56844,
    "c": 0.10635,
    "h": 78
  },
  "luminance": 0.18023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996E1F

secondary

#547AC0

accent

#7BE93F

background

#FCF9F5

surface

#F8F2EA

border

#D1CCC6

text

#130D05

muted

#827E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #996E1F

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

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