#996F2E#996F2E

#996F2E is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.097 H 75.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996F2E
RGB	rgb(153, 111, 46)
HSL	hsl(36, 54%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(36, 70%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.5%, 69.9%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.91, 9.89, 41.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.91, 42.67, 76.60°)
OKLab	oklab(57.18% 0.0246 0.0939)
OKLCH	oklch(57.18% 0.097 75.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.3157, 18.3399, 5.1069)
Luminance	0.1834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996F2E #2E5899

analogous

#993A2E #996F2E #8E992E

triadic

#996F2E #2E996F #6F2E99

tetradic

#996F2E #2E993A #2E5899 #992E8E

square

#996F2E #2E993A #2E5899 #992E8E

split-complementary

#996F2E #2E8E99 #3A2E99

monochromatic

#3B2B12 #6A4D20 #996F2E #C5913F #D3AC6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.50

#996F2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.67

#996F2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996F2E

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996F2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996F2E	1.00	4.50	4.67	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E7127

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887B30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A66461

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996f2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 111, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.097 75.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb986a',
    500: '#996f2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996f2e;
$custom-light: #bb986a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996f2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.449,
    "s": 53.769,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57179,
    "c": 0.09706,
    "h": 75.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996F2E

secondary

#6889BB

accent

#84DD4B

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F2EB

border

#D1CCC6

text

#120D07

muted

#817E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #996F2E

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

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