#996F37#996F37

#996F37 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.090 H 72.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996F37
RGB	rgb(153, 111, 55)
HSL	hsl(34, 47%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(34, 64%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.5%, 64.1%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.00, 10.47, 37.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.00, 38.54, 74.23°)
OKLab	oklab(57.28% 0.0277 0.0859)
OKLCH	oklch(57.28% 0.09 72.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.5121, 18.4185, 6.1411)
Luminance	0.1842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996F37 #376199

analogous

#993E37 #996F37 #929937

triadic

#996F37 #37996F #6F3799

tetradic

#996F37 #37993E #376199 #993792

square

#996F37 #37993E #376199 #993792

split-complementary

#996F37 #379299 #3E3799

monochromatic

#3F2E17 #6C4E27 #996F37 #BF8F4E #D0AB7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#996F37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#996F37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996F37

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996F37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996F37	1.00	4.48	4.68	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E7132

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887B38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A66462

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996f37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 111, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.090 72.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba9870',
    500: '#996f37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996f37;
$custom-light: #ba9870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996f37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.286,
    "s": 47.115,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57283,
    "c": 0.09023,
    "h": 72.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996F37

secondary

#7391B9

accent

#8AD751

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F7F2EC

border

#D0CCC7

text

#120D07

muted

#817E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #996F37

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

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