#996F1B#996F1B

#996F1B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.109 H 79.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996F1B
RGB	rgb(153, 111, 27)
HSL	hsl(40, 70%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(40, 82%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.5%, 82.4%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.76, 8.99, 49.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.76, 50.29, 79.70°)
OKLab	oklab(57.02% 0.0196 0.1068)
OKLCH	oklch(57.02% 0.109 79.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.0205, 18.2219, 3.5521)
Luminance	0.1822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996F1B #1B4599

analogous

#99301B #996F1B #84991B

triadic

#996F1B #1B996F #6F1B99

tetradic

#996F1B #1B9930 #1B4599 #991B84

square

#996F1B #1B9930 #1B4599 #991B84

split-complementary

#996F1B #1B8499 #301B99

monochromatic

#312409 #654912 #996F1B #CD9524 #E0AF4F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.52

#996F1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.64

#996F1B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996F1B

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996F1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996F1B	1.00	4.52	4.64	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F7009

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897B1F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7635F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996f1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 111, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.109 79.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc985f',
    500: '#996f1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996f1b;
$custom-light: #bc985f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996f1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57023,
    "c": 0.10857,
    "h": 79.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996F1B

secondary

#4E74C2

accent

#76ED3B

background

#FCF9F5

surface

#F8F2EA

border

#D1CCC6

text

#130D05

muted

#827E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #996F1B

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

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