#986B1B#986B1B

#986B1B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.107 H 76.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#986B1B
RGB	rgb(152, 107, 27)
HSL	hsl(38, 70%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(38, 82%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.6%, 82.2%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.60, 10.82, 48.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.60, 49.59, 77.39°)
OKLab	oklab(56.09% 0.025 0.1045)
OKLCH	oklch(56.09% 0.107 76.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.4058, 17.2715, 3.4011)
Luminance	0.1727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#986B1B #1B4898

analogous

#982D1B #986B1B #86981B

triadic

#986B1B #1B986B #6B1B98

tetradic

#986B1B #1B982D #1B4898 #981B86

square

#986B1B #1B982D #1B4898 #981B86

split-complementary

#986B1B #1B8698 #2D1B98

monochromatic

#302209 #644612 #986B1B #CC9024 #E0AB4E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#986B1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#986B1B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #986B1B

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##986B1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##986B1B	1.00	4.71	4.45	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C6D0B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86781E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A65F5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #986b1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 107, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.107 76.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb955f',
    500: '#986b1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #986b1b;
$custom-light: #bb955f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#986b1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.4,
    "s": 69.832,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56087,
    "c": 0.10744,
    "h": 76.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#986B1B

secondary

#4D77C2

accent

#7BED3B

background

#FCF9F5

surface

#F8F1EA

border

#D1CBC6

text

#130D05

muted

#827E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #986B1B

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

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