#996F4A#996F4A

#996F4A is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.074 H 61.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#996F4A
RGB	rgb(153, 111, 74)
HSL	hsl(28, 35%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(28, 52%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.5%, 51.6%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.26, 12.08, 27.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.26, 29.64, 65.94°)
OKLab	oklab(57.57% 0.0351 0.0657)
OKLCH	oklch(57.57% 0.074 61.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.0583, 18.6370, 9.0181)
Luminance	0.1864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#996F4A #4A7499

analogous

#994A4D #996F4A #99974A

triadic

#996F4A #4A996F #6F4A99

tetradic

#996F4A #4D994A #4A7499 #974A99

square

#996F4A #4D994A #4A7499 #974A99

split-complementary

#996F4A #4A9997 #4A4D99

monochromatic

#473322 #705136 #996F4A #B78E6A #CBAD93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#996F4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#996F4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #996F4A

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##996F4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##996F4A	1.00	4.44	4.73	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C7247

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867B4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A56666

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #996f4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(153, 111, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.074 61.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9987d',
    500: '#996f4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #996f4a;
$custom-light: #b9987d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#996f4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 153,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.101,
    "s": 34.802,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5757,
    "c": 0.07443,
    "h": 61.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#996F4A

secondary

#88A1B7

accent

#97CB5D

background

#FBF9F7

surface

#F6F2EE

border

#D0CCC9

text

#120D09

muted

#817E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #996F4A

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

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