#996F2C#996F2C

#996F2C is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.098 H 75.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996F2C
RGB	rgb(153, 111, 44)
HSL	hsl(37, 55%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(37, 71%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.5%, 71.2%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.89, 9.77, 42.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.89, 43.55, 77.03°)
OKLab	oklab(57.16% 0.024 0.0955)
OKLCH	oklch(57.16% 0.098 75.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.2772, 18.3245, 4.9041)
Luminance	0.1832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996F2C #2C5699

analogous

#99382C #996F2C #8C992C

triadic

#996F2C #2C996F #6F2C99

tetradic

#996F2C #2C9938 #2C5699 #992C8C

square

#996F2C #2C9938 #2C5699 #992C8C

split-complementary

#996F2C #2C8C99 #382C99

monochromatic

#3A2A11 #694D1E #996F2C #C7913B #D4AC6B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.50

#996F2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.66

#996F2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996F2C

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996F2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996F2C	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)

#7F7124

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887B2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A66461

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996f2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 111, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.098 75.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb9869',
    500: '#996f2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996f2c;
$custom-light: #bb9869;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996f2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.881,
    "s": 55.33,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57159,
    "c": 0.09848,
    "h": 75.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996F2C

secondary

#6687BB

accent

#83DF49

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F2EB

border

#D1CCC6

text

#120D06

muted

#817E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #996F2C

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

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