#996E2F#996E2F

#996E2F is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.096 H 73.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996E2F
RGB	rgb(153, 110, 47)
HSL	hsl(36, 53%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(36, 69%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.1%, 69.3%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.65, 10.52, 40.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.65, 42.08, 75.52°)
OKLab	oklab(56.99% 0.0267 0.0925)
OKLCH	oklch(56.99% 0.096 73.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.2271, 18.1309, 5.1757)
Luminance	0.1813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996E2F #2F5A99

analogous

#99392F #996E2F #8F992F

triadic

#996E2F #2F996E #6E2F99

tetradic

#996E2F #2F9939 #2F5A99 #992F8F

square

#996E2F #2F9939 #2F5A99 #992F8F

split-complementary

#996E2F #2F8F99 #392F99

monochromatic

#3B2B12 #6A4C21 #996E2F #C58F41 #D3AB6F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.54

#996E2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.63

#996E2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996E2F

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996E2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996E2F	1.00	4.54	4.63	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D7028

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887A31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A66360

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996e2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 110, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.096 73.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb976a',
    500: '#996e2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996e2f;
$custom-light: #bb976a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996e2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.66,
    "s": 53,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56986,
    "c": 0.09621,
    "h": 73.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996E2F

secondary

#698ABA

accent

#86DC4B

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F7F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#120D07

muted

#817E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #996E2F

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

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