#986B23#986B23

#986B23 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.103 H 74.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#986B23
RGB	rgb(152, 107, 35)
HSL	hsl(37, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(37, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.6%, 77%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.65, 11.15, 45.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.65, 46.58, 76.15°)
OKLab	oklab(56.14% 0.0269 0.0996)
OKLCH	oklch(56.14% 0.103 74.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.5113, 17.3137, 3.9567)
Luminance	0.1731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#986B23 #235098

analogous

#983123 #986B23 #8B9823

triadic

#986B23 #23986B #6B2398

tetradic

#986B23 #239831 #235098 #98238B

square

#986B23 #239831 #235098 #98238B

split-complementary

#986B23 #238B98 #312398

monochromatic

#35250C #664818 #986B23 #CA8E2E #D9A95C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#986B23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#986B23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #986B23

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##986B23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##986B23	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)

#7B6D18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867825

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A65F5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #986b23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 107, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.103 74.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb9563',
    500: '#986b23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #986b23;
$custom-light: #bb9563;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#986b23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.923,
    "s": 62.567,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56144,
    "c": 0.10316,
    "h": 74.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#986B23

secondary

#5980BE

accent

#81E642

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F1EB

border

#D1CBC6

text

#120D05

muted

#817E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #986B23

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

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