#986B2E#986B2E

#986B2E is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.096 H 71.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#986B2E
RGB	rgb(152, 107, 46)
HSL	hsl(35, 54%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(35, 70%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.6%, 69.7%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.75, 11.73, 40.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.75, 41.90, 73.74°)
OKLab	oklab(56.25% 0.0301 0.0912)
OKLCH	oklch(56.25% 0.096 71.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.7010, 17.3896, 4.9558)
Luminance	0.1739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#986B2E #2E5B98

analogous

#98362E #986B2E #90982E

triadic

#986B2E #2E986B #6B2E98

tetradic

#986B2E #2E9836 #2E5B98 #982E90

square

#986B2E #2E9836 #2E5B98 #982E90

split-complementary

#986B2E #2E9098 #362E98

monochromatic

#3A2912 #694A20 #986B2E #C58C3E #D3A86D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.69

#986B2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.48

#986B2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #986B2E

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##986B2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##986B2E	1.00	4.69	4.48	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B6D27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857830

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5605E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #986b2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 107, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.096 71.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba956a',
    500: '#986b2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #986b2e;
$custom-light: #ba956a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#986b2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.528,
    "s": 53.535,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56248,
    "c": 0.09604,
    "h": 71.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#986B2E

secondary

#688BBA

accent

#89DD4B

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F7F1EB

border

#D0CBC6

text

#120D06

muted

#817E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #986B2E

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

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