#985E42#985E42

#985E42 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.151; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.087 H 46.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#985E42
RGB	rgb(152, 94, 66)
HSL	hsl(20, 39%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(20, 57%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.2%, 56.6%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.74, 20.68, 25.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.74, 33.12, 51.37°)
OKLab	oklab(54% 0.0599 0.0624)
OKLCH	oklch(54% 0.087 46.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.9361, 15.0758, 7.1185)
Luminance	0.1507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#985E42 #427C98

analogous

#984251 #985E42 #988942

triadic

#985E42 #42985E #5E4298

tetradic

#985E42 #519842 #427C98 #894298

square

#985E42 #519842 #427C98 #894298

split-complementary

#985E42 #429889 #425198

monochromatic

#43291D #6D442F #985E42 #B97C5E #CC9F89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.23

#985E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.01

#985E42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #985E42

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##985E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##985E42	1.00	5.23	4.01	5.23
#FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E6540

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7142

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A55457

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #985e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 94, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.087 46.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba8c77',
    500: '#985e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #985e42;
$custom-light: #ba8c77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#985e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.535,
    "s": 39.45,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53996,
    "c": 0.08651,
    "h": 46.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#985E42

secondary

#7FA5B7

accent

#A9CF58

background

#FBF8F7

surface

#F7F0ED

border

#D0CBC8

text

#120C08

muted

#817D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #985E42

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

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