#996E4E#996E4E

#996E4E is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.071 H 57.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996E4E
RGB	rgb(153, 110, 78)
HSL	hsl(26, 32%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(26, 49%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.1%, 49%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.07, 13.06, 24.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.07, 27.80, 61.98°)
OKLab	oklab(57.44% 0.0385 0.0601)
OKLCH	oklch(57.44% 0.071 57.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.0889, 18.4756, 9.7143)
Luminance	0.1847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996E4E #4E7999

analogous

#994E53 #996E4E #99944E

triadic

#996E4E #4E996E #6E4E99

tetradic

#996E4E #53994E #4E7999 #944E99

square

#996E4E #53994E #4E7999 #944E99

split-complementary

#996E4E #4E9994 #4E5399

monochromatic

#483425 #705139 #996E4E #B58D6F #CAAD97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#996E4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.69

#996E4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996E4E

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996E4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996E4E	1.00	4.47	4.69	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B714C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857B4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A56566

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996e4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 110, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.071 57.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b99780',
    500: '#996e4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996e4e;
$custom-light: #b99780;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996e4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.6,
    "s": 32.468,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57442,
    "c": 0.07138,
    "h": 57.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996E4E

secondary

#8CA5B7

accent

#9CC95F

background

#FBF9F7

surface

#F6F2EE

border

#D0CCC9

text

#120D0A

muted

#817E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #996E4E

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

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