#996E26#996E26

#996E26 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.102 H 76.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996E26
RGB	rgb(153, 110, 38)
HSL	hsl(38, 60%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(38, 75%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.1%, 75.2%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.58, 10.03, 44.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.58, 45.97, 77.40°)
OKLab	oklab(56.9% 0.024 0.0995)
OKLCH	oklch(56.9% 0.102 76.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.0640, 18.0656, 4.3163)
Luminance	0.1806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996E26 #265199

analogous

#993426 #996E26 #8B9926

triadic

#996E26 #26996E #6E2699

tetradic

#996E26 #269934 #265199 #99268B

square

#996E26 #269934 #265199 #99268B

split-complementary

#996E26 #268B99 #342699

monochromatic

#37280E #684B1A #996E26 #CA9132 #D8AC62

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.55

#996E26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.61

#996E26 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996E26

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996E26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996E26	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)

#7E701C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887A29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7625F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996e26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 110, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.102 76.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb9765',
    500: '#996e26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996e26;
$custom-light: #bb9765;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996e26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.565,
    "s": 60.209,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56899,
    "c": 0.10229,
    "h": 76.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996E26

secondary

#5E81BD

accent

#80E344

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F2EB

border

#D1CCC6

text

#120D06

muted

#817E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #996E26

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

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