#986B1E#986B1E

#986B1E is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.106 H 76.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#986B1E
RGB	rgb(152, 107, 30)
HSL	hsl(38, 67%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(38, 80%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.6%, 80.3%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.62, 10.94, 47.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.62, 48.51, 76.97°)
OKLab	oklab(56.11% 0.0256 0.1028)
OKLCH	oklch(56.11% 0.106 76)
XYZ	xyz(18.4423, 17.2861, 3.5933)
Luminance	0.1729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#986B1E #1E4B98

analogous

#982E1E #986B1E #88981E

triadic

#986B1E #1E986B #6B1E98

tetradic

#986B1E #1E982E #1E4B98 #981E88

square

#986B1E #1E982E #1E4B98 #981E88

split-complementary

#986B1E #1E8898 #2E1E98

monochromatic

#32230A #654714 #986B1E #CB8F28 #DDAA53

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#986B1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#986B1E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #986B1E

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##986B1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##986B1E	1.00	4.71	4.46	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C6D10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867821

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A65F5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #986b1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 107, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.106 76.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb9560',
    500: '#986b1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #986b1e;
$custom-light: #bb9560;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#986b1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.869,
    "s": 67.033,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56107,
    "c": 0.10593,
    "h": 76
  },
  "luminance": 0.17285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#986B1E

secondary

#517AC0

accent

#7DEA3E

background

#FCF9F5

surface

#F8F1EA

border

#D1CBC6

text

#130D05

muted

#827E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #986B1E

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

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