#996E20#996E20

#996E20 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.106 H 77.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996E20
RGB	rgb(153, 110, 32)
HSL	hsl(39, 65%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(39, 79%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.1%, 79.1%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.53, 9.76, 47.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.53, 48.35, 78.36°)
OKLab	oklab(56.85% 0.0224 0.1034)
OKLCH	oklch(56.85% 0.106 77.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.9748, 18.0300, 3.8470)
Luminance	0.1803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996E20 #204B99

analogous

#993220 #996E20 #889920

triadic

#996E20 #20996E #6E2099

tetradic

#996E20 #209932 #204B99 #992088

square

#996E20 #209932 #204B99 #992088

split-complementary

#996E20 #208899 #322099

monochromatic

#34250B #664A15 #996E20 #CC922B #DCAD57

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#996E20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.61

#996E20 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996E20

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996E20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996E20	1.00	4.56	4.61	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E7013

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887A23

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7625F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996e20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 110, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.106 77.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc9762',
    500: '#996e20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996e20;
$custom-light: #bc9762;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996e20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.678,
    "s": 65.405,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56852,
    "c": 0.10582,
    "h": 77.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996E20

secondary

#557BC0

accent

#7BE83F

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F2EB

border

#D1CCC6

text

#130D05

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #996E20

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

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