#996E41#996E41

#996E41 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.082 H 66.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996E41
RGB	rgb(153, 110, 65)
HSL	hsl(31, 40%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(31, 58%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.1%, 57.5%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.87, 11.83, 31.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.87, 33.73, 69.46°)
OKLab	oklab(57.22% 0.0332 0.0751)
OKLCH	oklch(57.22% 0.082 66.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.6680, 18.3073, 7.4978)
Luminance	0.1831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996E41 #416C99

analogous

#994241 #996E41 #989941

triadic

#996E41 #41996E #6E4199

tetradic

#996E41 #419942 #416C99 #994198

square

#996E41 #419942 #416C99 #994198

split-complementary

#996E41 #419899 #424199

monochromatic

#43301D #6E4F2F #996E41 #BA8D5D #CCAB88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.51

#996E41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.66

#996E41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996E41

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996E41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996E41	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)

#7C713D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867B42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A56463

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996e41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 110, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.082 66.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba9776',
    500: '#996e41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996e41;
$custom-light: #ba9776;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996e41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.682,
    "s": 40.367,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5722,
    "c": 0.08205,
    "h": 66.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996E41

secondary

#7F9AB7

accent

#93D058

background

#FBF9F7

surface

#F7F2ED

border

#D0CCC8

text

#120D08

muted

#817E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #996E41

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

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