#996F1E#996F1E

#996F1E is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.107 H 79.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996F1E
RGB	rgb(153, 111, 30)
HSL	hsl(40, 67%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(40, 80%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.5%, 80.4%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.78, 9.10, 48.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.78, 49.23, 79.34°)
OKLab	oklab(57.04% 0.0203 0.1051)
OKLCH	oklch(57.04% 0.107 79.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.0570, 18.2365, 3.7443)
Luminance	0.1824 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996F1E #1E4899

analogous

#99311E #996F1E #85991E

triadic

#996F1E #1E996F #6F1E99

tetradic

#996F1E #1E9931 #1E4899 #991E85

square

#996F1E #1E9931 #1E4899 #991E85

split-complementary

#996F1E #1E8599 #311E99

monochromatic

#33250A #664A14 #996F1E #CC9428 #DDAF54

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.52

#996F1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.65

#996F1E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996F1E

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996F1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996F1E	1.00	4.52	4.65	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F700F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897B22

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7635F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996f1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 111, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.107 79.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc9861',
    500: '#996f1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996f1e;
$custom-light: #bc9861;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996f1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.512,
    "s": 67.213,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57042,
    "c": 0.10706,
    "h": 79.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996F1E

secondary

#5278C1

accent

#79EA3E

background

#FCF9F5

surface

#F8F2EA

border

#D1CCC6

text

#130D05

muted

#827E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #996F1E

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

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