#996E24#996E24

#996E24 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.104 H 76.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996E24
RGB	rgb(153, 110, 36)
HSL	hsl(38, 62%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(38, 76%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.1%, 76.5%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.56, 9.93, 45.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.56, 46.79, 77.74°)
OKLab	oklab(56.88% 0.0234 0.1008)
OKLCH	oklch(56.88% 0.104 76.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.0326, 18.0531, 4.1509)
Luminance	0.1805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996E24 #244F99

analogous

#993424 #996E24 #8A9924

triadic

#996E24 #24996E #6E2499

tetradic

#996E24 #249934 #244F99 #99248A

square

#996E24 #249934 #244F99 #99248A

split-complementary

#996E24 #248A99 #342499

monochromatic

#36270D #674A18 #996E24 #CB9230 #D9AC5E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.55

#996E24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.61

#996E24 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996E24

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996E24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996E24	1.00	4.55	4.61	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.55	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)

#7E7019

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887A27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7625F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996e24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 110, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.104 76.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb9764',
    500: '#996e24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996e24;
$custom-light: #bb9764;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996e24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.949,
    "s": 61.905,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56882,
    "c": 0.10351,
    "h": 76.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996E24

secondary

#5B7FBE

accent

#7EE543

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F2EB

border

#D1CCC6

text

#130D06

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #996E24

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

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