#986A23#986A23

#986A23 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.103 H 73.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#986A23
RGB	rgb(152, 106, 35)
HSL	hsl(36, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(36, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.3%, 77%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.39, 11.72, 44.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.39, 46.47, 75.39°)
OKLab	oklab(55.94% 0.0286 0.0991)
OKLCH	oklch(55.94% 0.103 73.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.4076, 17.1064, 3.9222)
Luminance	0.1711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#986A23 #235198

analogous

#982F23 #986A23 #8C9823

triadic

#986A23 #23986A #6A2398

tetradic

#986A23 #23982F #235198 #98238C

square

#986A23 #23982F #235198 #98238C

split-complementary

#986A23 #238C98 #2F2398

monochromatic

#35250C #664718 #986A23 #CA8D2E #D9A85C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#986A23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#986A23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #986A23

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##986A23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##986A23	1.00	4.75	4.42	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A6C19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857725

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A65E5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #986a23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 106, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.103 73.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb9463',
    500: '#986a23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #986a23;
$custom-light: #bb9463;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#986a23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.41,
    "s": 62.567,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55942,
    "c": 0.10309,
    "h": 73.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#986A23

secondary

#5981BE

accent

#82E642

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F1EB

border

#D1CBC6

text

#130D05

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #986A23

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

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