#996E22#996E22

#996E22 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.105 H 77.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996E22
RGB	rgb(153, 110, 34)
HSL	hsl(38, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(38, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.1%, 77.8%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.55, 9.84, 46.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.55, 47.58, 78.06°)
OKLab	oklab(56.87% 0.0229 0.1022)
OKLCH	oklch(56.87% 0.105 77.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.0029, 18.0412, 3.9945)
Luminance	0.1804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996E22 #224D99

analogous

#993322 #996E22 #899922

triadic

#996E22 #22996E #6E2299

tetradic

#996E22 #229933 #224D99 #992289

square

#996E22 #229933 #224D99 #992289

split-complementary

#996E22 #228999 #332299

monochromatic

#35260C #674A17 #996E22 #CB922D #DBAC5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#996E22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.61

#996E22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996E22

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996E22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996E22	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)

#7E7016

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887A25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7625F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996e22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 110, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.105 77.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc9763',
    500: '#996e22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996e22;
$custom-light: #bc9763;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996e22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.319,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56866,
    "c": 0.10469,
    "h": 77.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996E22

secondary

#587DBF

accent

#7DE741

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F2EB

border

#D1CCC6

text

#130D05

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #996E22

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

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