#985B42#985B42

#985B42 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 53.4% C 0.089 H 42.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#985B42
RGB	rgb(152, 91, 66)
HSL	hsl(17, 39%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(17, 57%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.1%, 56.6%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.02, 22.39, 24.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.02, 33.53, 48.10°)
OKLab	oklab(53.44% 0.0651 0.0603)
OKLCH	oklch(53.44% 0.089 42.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.6745, 14.5526, 7.0313)
Luminance	0.1455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#985B42 #427F98

analogous

#984254 #985B42 #988642

triadic

#985B42 #42985B #5B4298

tetradic

#985B42 #549842 #427F98 #864298

square

#985B42 #549842 #427F98 #864298

split-complementary

#985B42 #429886 #425498

monochromatic

#43281D #6D412F #985B42 #B9795E #CC9C89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.37

#985B42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.91

#985B42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #985B42

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##985B42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##985B42	1.00	5.37	3.91	5.37
#FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B6340

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7041

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A55055

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #985b42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 91, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.4% 0.089 42.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba8a76',
    500: '#985b42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #985b42;
$custom-light: #ba8a76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#985b42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.442,
    "s": 39.45,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53439,
    "c": 0.08877,
    "h": 42.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#985B42

secondary

#7FA6B7

accent

#ADCF58

background

#FBF8F7

surface

#F7F0ED

border

#D0CBC8

text

#120B08

muted

#817C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #985B42

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

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