#996F2A#996F2A

#996F2A is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.100 H 76.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996F2A
RGB	rgb(153, 111, 42)
HSL	hsl(37, 57%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(37, 73%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.5%, 72.5%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.87, 9.66, 43.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.87, 44.42, 77.44°)
OKLab	oklab(57.14% 0.0234 0.0971)
OKLCH	oklch(57.14% 0.1 76.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.2405, 18.3099, 4.7108)
Luminance	0.1831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996F2A #2A5499

analogous

#99372A #996F2A #8B992A

triadic

#996F2A #2A996F #6F2A99

tetradic

#996F2A #2A9937 #2A5499 #992A8B

square

#996F2A #2A9937 #2A5499 #992A8B

split-complementary

#996F2A #2A8B99 #372A99

monochromatic

#392910 #694C1D #996F2A #C89238 #D6AC68

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.50

#996F2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.66

#996F2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996F2A

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996F2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996F2A	1.00	4.50	4.66	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F7121

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897B2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A66461

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996f2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 111, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.100 76.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb9867',
    500: '#996f2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996f2a;
$custom-light: #bb9867;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996f2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.297,
    "s": 56.923,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5714,
    "c": 0.09985,
    "h": 76.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996F2A

secondary

#6385BC

accent

#81E048

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F2EB

border

#D1CCC6

text

#120D06

muted

#817E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #996F2A

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

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