#986B2C#986B2C

#986B2C is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.097 H 72.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#986B2C
RGB	rgb(152, 107, 44)
HSL	hsl(35, 55%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(35, 71%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.6%, 71.1%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.73, 11.61, 41.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.73, 42.79, 74.25°)
OKLab	oklab(56.23% 0.0295 0.0929)
OKLCH	oklch(56.23% 0.097 72.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.6625, 17.3742, 4.7530)
Luminance	0.1737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#986B2C #2C5998

analogous

#98352C #986B2C #8F982C

triadic

#986B2C #2C986B #6B2C98

tetradic

#986B2C #2C9835 #2C5998 #982C8F

square

#986B2C #2C9835 #2C5998 #982C8F

split-complementary

#986B2C #2C8F98 #352C98

monochromatic

#392811 #694A1E #986B2C #C68C3B #D4A86A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.69

#986B2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#986B2C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #986B2C

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##986B2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##986B2C	1.00	4.69	4.47	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B6D25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85782E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5605E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #986b2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 107, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.097 72.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba9568',
    500: '#986b2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #986b2c;
$custom-light: #ba9568;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#986b2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56227,
    "c": 0.09743,
    "h": 72.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#986B2C

secondary

#6589BB

accent

#87DE49

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F7F1EB

border

#D0CBC6

text

#120D06

muted

#817E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #986B2C

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

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