#996F21#996F21

#996F21 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.105 H 78.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996F21
RGB	rgb(153, 111, 33)
HSL	hsl(39, 65%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(39, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.5%, 78.4%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.80, 9.23, 47.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.80, 48.10, 78.94°)
OKLab	oklab(57.06% 0.021 0.1033)
OKLCH	oklch(57.06% 0.105 78.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.0971, 18.2525, 3.9558)
Luminance	0.1825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996F21 #214B99

analogous

#993321 #996F21 #879921

triadic

#996F21 #21996F #6F2199

tetradic

#996F21 #219933 #214B99 #992187

square

#996F21 #219933 #214B99 #992187

split-complementary

#996F21 #218799 #332199

monochromatic

#34260B #674A16 #996F21 #CB942C #DBAE59

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.52

#996F21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.65

#996F21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996F21

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996F21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996F21	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)

#7F7014

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897B24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A76360

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996f21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 111, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.105 78.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bc9862',
    500: '#996f21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996f21;
$custom-light: #bc9862;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996f21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39,
    "s": 64.516,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57064,
    "c": 0.10544,
    "h": 78.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996F21

secondary

#567BBF

accent

#7BE840

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F2EB

border

#D1CCC6

text

#130D05

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #996F21

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

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