#996F2B#996F2B

#996F2B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.099 H 76.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996F2B
RGB	rgb(153, 111, 43)
HSL	hsl(37, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(37, 72%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.5%, 71.9%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.88, 9.71, 42.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.88, 43.99, 77.24°)
OKLab	oklab(57.15% 0.0237 0.0963)
OKLCH	oklch(57.15% 0.099 76.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.2586, 18.3171, 4.8063)
Luminance	0.1832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996F2B #2B5599

analogous

#99382B #996F2B #8C992B

triadic

#996F2B #2B996F #6F2B99

tetradic

#996F2B #2B9938 #2B5599 #992B8C

square

#996F2B #2B9938 #2B5599 #992B8C

split-complementary

#996F2B #2B8C99 #382B99

monochromatic

#392A10 #694C1E #996F2B #C8913A #D5AC69

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.50

#996F2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.66

#996F2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996F2B

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996F2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996F2B	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)

#7F7123

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897B2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A66461

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996f2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 111, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.099 76.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb9868',
    500: '#996f2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996f2b;
$custom-light: #bb9868;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996f2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.091,
    "s": 56.122,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57149,
    "c": 0.09917,
    "h": 76.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996F2B

secondary

#6486BC

accent

#82DF48

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F2EB

border

#D1CCC6

text

#120D06

muted

#817E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #996F2B

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

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