#996E48#996E48

#996E48 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.076 H 61.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996E48
RGB	rgb(153, 110, 72)
HSL	hsl(28, 36%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(28, 53%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.1%, 52.9%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.97, 12.46, 27.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.97, 30.49, 65.87°)
OKLab	oklab(57.33% 0.036 0.0672)
OKLCH	oklch(57.33% 0.076 61.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.8835, 18.3935, 8.6327)
Luminance	0.1839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996E48 #487399

analogous

#99484B #996E48 #999748

triadic

#996E48 #48996E #6E4899

tetradic

#996E48 #4B9948 #487399 #974899

square

#996E48 #4B9948 #487399 #974899

split-complementary

#996E48 #489997 #484B99

monochromatic

#463221 #6F5034 #996E48 #B78D67 #CBAC90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#996E48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#996E48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996E48

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996E48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996E48	1.00	4.49	4.68	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B7145

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857B49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A56565

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996e48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 110, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.076 61.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9977b',
    500: '#996e48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996e48;
$custom-light: #b9977b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996e48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.148,
    "s": 36,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57334,
    "c": 0.07624,
    "h": 61.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996E48

secondary

#86A0B7

accent

#97CC5C

background

#FBF9F7

surface

#F6F2EE

border

#D0CCC9

text

#120D09

muted

#817E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #996E48

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

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