#996F38#996F38

#996F38 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.089 H 71.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996F38
RGB	rgb(153, 111, 56)
HSL	hsl(34, 46%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(34, 63%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.5%, 63.4%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.01, 10.55, 36.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.01, 38.08, 73.92°)
OKLab	oklab(57.3% 0.0281 0.0849)
OKLCH	oklch(57.3% 0.089 71.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.5363, 18.4282, 6.2687)
Luminance	0.1843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996F38 #386299

analogous

#993F38 #996F38 #929938

triadic

#996F38 #38996F #6F3899

tetradic

#996F38 #38993F #386299 #993892

square

#996F38 #38993F #386299 #993892

split-complementary

#996F38 #389299 #3F3899

monochromatic

#3F2E17 #6C4E28 #996F38 #BF8F4F #CFAB7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#996F38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.69

#996F38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996F38

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996F38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996F38	1.00	4.48	4.69	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E7133

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887B39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A66562

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996f38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 111, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.089 71.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba9870',
    500: '#996f38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996f38;
$custom-light: #ba9870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996f38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.021,
    "s": 46.411,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57296,
    "c": 0.08943,
    "h": 71.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996F38

secondary

#7492B8

accent

#8BD652

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F7F2EC

border

#D0CCC7

text

#120D08

muted

#817E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #996F38

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

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