#985E37#985E37

#985E37 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.150; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.093 H 53.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#985E37
RGB	rgb(152, 94, 55)
HSL	hsl(24, 47%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(24, 64%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.2%, 63.8%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.58, 19.80, 31.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.58, 37.56, 58.18°)
OKLab	oklab(53.82% 0.0556 0.0747)
OKLCH	oklch(53.82% 0.093 53.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.6425, 14.9583, 5.5718)
Luminance	0.1496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#985E37 #377198

analogous

#983740 #985E37 #988E37

triadic

#985E37 #37985E #5E3798

tetradic

#985E37 #409837 #377198 #8E3798

square

#985E37 #409837 #377198 #8E3798

split-complementary

#985E37 #37988E #374098

monochromatic

#3E2616 #6B4227 #985E37 #BF7B4D #CF9C7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.26

#985E37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.99

#985E37 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #985E37

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##985E37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##985E37	1.00	5.26	3.99	5.26
#FFFFFF	5.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6433

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7137

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A65255

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #985e37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 94, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.093 53.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba8c6f',
    500: '#985e37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #985e37;
$custom-light: #ba8c6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#985e37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.124,
    "s": 46.86,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53819,
    "c": 0.09308,
    "h": 53.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#985E37

secondary

#739CB8

accent

#A1D651

background

#FBF8F6

surface

#F7F0EC

border

#D0CBC7

text

#120C07

muted

#817D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #985E37

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

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