#986B22#986B22

#986B22 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.104 H 75.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#986B22
RGB	rgb(152, 107, 34)
HSL	hsl(37, 63%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(37, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.6%, 77.6%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.65, 11.10, 45.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.65, 46.98, 76.33°)
OKLab	oklab(56.14% 0.0266 0.1003)
OKLCH	oklch(56.14% 0.104 75.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.4966, 17.3078, 3.8796)
Luminance	0.1731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#986B22 #224F98

analogous

#983022 #986B22 #8A9822

triadic

#986B22 #22986B #6B2298

tetradic

#986B22 #229830 #224F98 #98228A

square

#986B22 #229830 #224F98 #98228A

split-complementary

#986B22 #228A98 #302298

monochromatic

#34250C #664817 #986B22 #CA8E2D #DAA95A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#986B22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#986B22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #986B22

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##986B22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##986B22	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)

#7B6D17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867825

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A65F5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #986b22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 107, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.104 75.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb9562',
    500: '#986b22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #986b22;
$custom-light: #bb9562;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#986b22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.119,
    "s": 63.441,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56136,
    "c": 0.10374,
    "h": 75.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#986B22

secondary

#577FBE

accent

#80E641

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F1EB

border

#D1CBC6

text

#130D05

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #986B22

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

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