#996E2A#996E2A

#996E2A is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.100 H 75.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996E2A
RGB	rgb(153, 110, 42)
HSL	hsl(37, 57%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(37, 73%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.1%, 72.5%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.61, 10.23, 43.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.61, 44.29, 76.64°)
OKLab	oklab(56.94% 0.0251 0.0965)
OKLCH	oklch(56.94% 0.1 75.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.1320, 18.0929, 4.6747)
Luminance	0.1809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996E2A #2A5599

analogous

#99372A #996E2A #8C992A

triadic

#996E2A #2A996E #6E2A99

tetradic

#996E2A #2A9937 #2A5599 #992A8C

square

#996E2A #2A9937 #2A5599 #992A8C

split-complementary

#996E2A #2A8C99 #372A99

monochromatic

#392910 #694B1D #996E2A #C89038 #D6AB68

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.55

#996E2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.62

#996E2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996E2A

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996E2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996E2A	1.00	4.55	4.62	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E7022

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887A2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A66360

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996e2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 110, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.100 75.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb9767',
    500: '#996e2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996e2a;
$custom-light: #bb9767;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996e2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.757,
    "s": 56.923,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56935,
    "c": 0.0997,
    "h": 75.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996E2A

secondary

#6385BC

accent

#83E048

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F2EB

border

#D1CCC6

text

#120D06

muted

#817E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #996E2A

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

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