#996E40#996E40

#996E40 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.083 H 66.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996E40
RGB	rgb(153, 110, 64)
HSL	hsl(31, 41%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(31, 58%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.1%, 58.2%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.85, 11.75, 32.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.85, 34.20, 69.91°)
OKLab	oklab(57.21% 0.0328 0.0761)
OKLCH	oklch(57.21% 0.083 66.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.6393, 18.2958, 7.3466)
Luminance	0.1829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996E40 #406B99

analogous

#994140 #996E40 #989940

triadic

#996E40 #40996E #6E4099

tetradic

#996E40 #409941 #406B99 #994098

square

#996E40 #409941 #406B99 #994098

split-complementary

#996E40 #409899 #414099

monochromatic

#43301C #6E4F2E #996E40 #BB8D5C #CDAB87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.51

#996E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.66

#996E40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996E40

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996E40	1.00	4.51	4.66	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C713C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867B41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A66463

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 110, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.083 66.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba9776',
    500: '#996e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996e40;
$custom-light: #ba9776;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.011,
    "s": 41.014,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57205,
    "c": 0.08288,
    "h": 66.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996E40

secondary

#7E99B7

accent

#92D157

background

#FBF9F7

surface

#F7F2ED

border

#D0CCC8

text

#120D08

muted

#817E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #996E40

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

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