#996E4F#996E4F

#996E4F is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.071 H 56.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996E4F
RGB	rgb(153, 110, 79)
HSL	hsl(25, 32%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(25, 48%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.1%, 48.4%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.09, 13.16, 23.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.09, 27.37, 61.25°)
OKLab	oklab(57.46% 0.0389 0.0589)
OKLCH	oklch(57.46% 0.071 56.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.1250, 18.4901, 9.9046)
Luminance	0.1849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996E4F #4F7A99

analogous

#994F55 #996E4F #99934F

triadic

#996E4F #4F996E #6E4F99

tetradic

#996E4F #55994F #4F7A99 #934F99

square

#996E4F #55994F #4F7A99 #934F99

split-complementary

#996E4F #4F9993 #4F5599

monochromatic

#483425 #71513A #996E4F #B58D70 #CAAD98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#996E4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#996E4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996E4F

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996E4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996E4F	1.00	4.47	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B724D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857B4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A56666

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996e4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 110, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.071 56.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b99780',
    500: '#996e4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996e4f;
$custom-light: #b99780;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996e4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.135,
    "s": 31.897,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57461,
    "c": 0.07059,
    "h": 56.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996E4F

secondary

#8DA5B7

accent

#9CC860

background

#FBF9F7

surface

#F6F2EE

border

#D0CCC9

text

#120D0A

muted

#817E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #996E4F

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

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