#985E51#985E51

#985E51 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.079 H 33.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#985E51
RGB	rgb(152, 94, 81)
HSL	hsl(11, 30%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(11, 47%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.2%, 46.7%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.01, 22.15, 17.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.01, 28.17, 38.15°)
OKLab	oklab(54.29% 0.0662 0.0436)
OKLCH	oklch(54.29% 0.079 33.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.4378, 15.2764, 9.7606)
Luminance	0.1527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#985E51 #518B98

analogous

#985167 #985E51 #988151

triadic

#985E51 #51985E #5E5198

tetradic

#985E51 #679851 #518B98 #815198

square

#985E51 #679851 #518B98 #815198

split-complementary

#985E51 #519881 #516798

monochromatic

#482D26 #70453C #985E51 #B47E72 #C9A39A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.18

#985E51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#985E51 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #985E51

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##985E51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##985E51	1.00	5.18	4.06	5.18
#FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6650

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7250

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4555B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #985e51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 94, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.079 33.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b98c82',
    500: '#985e51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #985e51;
$custom-light: #b98c82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#985e51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.986,
    "s": 30.472,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54294,
    "c": 0.07928,
    "h": 33.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#985E51

secondary

#8FAFB6

accent

#B4C761

background

#FBF8F7

surface

#F6F0EE

border

#D0CBC9

text

#120C0A

muted

#817D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #985E51

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

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