#996E2D#996E2D

#996E2D is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.098 H 74.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996E2D
RGB	rgb(153, 110, 45)
HSL	hsl(36, 55%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(36, 71%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.1%, 70.6%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.64, 10.40, 41.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.64, 42.98, 75.99°)
OKLab	oklab(56.97% 0.026 0.0941)
OKLCH	oklch(56.97% 0.098 74.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.1877, 18.1151, 4.9681)
Luminance	0.1811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996E2D #2D5899

analogous

#99382D #996E2D #8E992D

triadic

#996E2D #2D996E #6E2D99

tetradic

#996E2D #2D9938 #2D5899 #992D8E

square

#996E2D #2D9938 #2D5899 #992D8E

split-complementary

#996E2D #2D8E99 #382D99

monochromatic

#3A2A11 #6A4C1F #996E2D #C6903D #D4AB6C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.54

#996E2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.62

#996E2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996E2D

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996E2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996E2D	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)

#7E7025

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887A2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A66360

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996e2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 110, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.098 74.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb9769',
    500: '#996e2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996e2d;
$custom-light: #bb9769;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996e2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.111,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56965,
    "c": 0.09764,
    "h": 74.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996E2D

secondary

#6788BB

accent

#85DE4A

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F2EB

border

#D1CCC6

text

#120D06

muted

#817E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #996E2D

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

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