#996E49#996E49

#996E49 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.075 H 61.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996E49
RGB	rgb(153, 110, 73)
HSL	hsl(28, 35%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(28, 52%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.1%, 52.3%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.99, 12.56, 27.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.99, 30.03, 65.28°)
OKLab	oklab(57.35% 0.0364 0.0661)
OKLCH	oklch(57.35% 0.075 61.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.9164, 18.4066, 8.8059)
Luminance	0.1840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996E49 #497499

analogous

#99494C #996E49 #999649

triadic

#996E49 #49996E #6E4999

tetradic

#996E49 #4C9949 #497499 #964999

square

#996E49 #4C9949 #497499 #964999

split-complementary

#996E49 #499996 #494C99

monochromatic

#463221 #705035 #996E49 #B78D68 #CBAC92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#996E49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#996E49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996E49

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996E49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996E49	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)

#7B7146

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857B49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A56565

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996e49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 110, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.075 61.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9977c',
    500: '#996e49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996e49;
$custom-light: #b9977c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996e49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.75,
    "s": 35.398,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57351,
    "c": 0.07542,
    "h": 61.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996E49

secondary

#87A1B7

accent

#98CB5C

background

#FBF9F7

surface

#F6F2EE

border

#D0CCC9

text

#120D09

muted

#817E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #996E49

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

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