#996E2C#996E2C

#996E2C is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.098 H 74.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996E2C
RGB	rgb(153, 110, 44)
HSL	hsl(36, 55%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(36, 71%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.1%, 71.2%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.63, 10.34, 42.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.63, 43.42, 76.22°)
OKLab	oklab(56.96% 0.0257 0.0949)
OKLCH	oklch(56.96% 0.098 74.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.1687, 18.1075, 4.8679)
Luminance	0.1811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996E2C #2C5799

analogous

#99372C #996E2C #8D992C

triadic

#996E2C #2C996E #6E2C99

tetradic

#996E2C #2C9937 #2C5799 #992C8D

square

#996E2C #2C9937 #2C5799 #992C8D

split-complementary

#996E2C #2C8D99 #372C99

monochromatic

#3A2A11 #694C1E #996E2C #C7903B #D4AB6B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.54

#996E2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.62

#996E2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996E2C

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996E2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996E2C	1.00	4.54	4.62	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.54	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)

#7E7024

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887A2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A66360

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996e2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 110, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.098 74.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb9769',
    500: '#996e2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996e2c;
$custom-light: #bb9769;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996e2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.33,
    "s": 55.33,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56955,
    "c": 0.09834,
    "h": 74.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996E2C

secondary

#6687BB

accent

#84DF49

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F2EB

border

#D1CCC6

text

#120D06

muted

#817E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #996E2C

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

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