#996E2E#996E2E

#996E2E is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.097 H 74.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996E2E
RGB	rgb(153, 110, 46)
HSL	hsl(36, 54%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(36, 70%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.1%, 69.9%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.64, 10.46, 41.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.64, 42.53, 75.76°)
OKLab	oklab(56.97% 0.0263 0.0933)
OKLCH	oklch(56.97% 0.097 74.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.2072, 18.1229, 5.0707)
Luminance	0.1812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996E2E #2E5999

analogous

#99392E #996E2E #8F992E

triadic

#996E2E #2E996E #6E2E99

tetradic

#996E2E #2E9939 #2E5999 #992E8F

square

#996E2E #2E9939 #2E5999 #992E8F

split-complementary

#996E2E #2E8F99 #392E99

monochromatic

#3B2A12 #6A4C20 #996E2E #C58F3F #D3AB6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.54

#996E2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.62

#996E2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996E2E

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996E2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996E2E	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)

#7E7027

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887A30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A66360

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996e2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 110, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.097 74.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb976a',
    500: '#996e2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996e2e;
$custom-light: #bb976a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996e2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.888,
    "s": 53.769,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56975,
    "c": 0.09692,
    "h": 74.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996E2E

secondary

#6889BB

accent

#86DD4B

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F2EB

border

#D1CCC6

text

#120D06

muted

#817E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #996E2E

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

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