#986C2B#986C2B

#986C2B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.098 H 73.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#986C2B
RGB	rgb(152, 108, 43)
HSL	hsl(36, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(36, 72%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.9%, 71.7%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.98, 10.98, 41.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.98, 43.34, 75.32°)
OKLab	oklab(56.42% 0.0275 0.0943)
OKLCH	oklch(56.42% 0.098 73.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.7488, 17.5765, 4.6902)
Luminance	0.1757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#986C2B #2B5798

analogous

#98362B #986C2B #8D982B

triadic

#986C2B #2B986C #6C2B98

tetradic

#986C2B #2B9836 #2B5798 #982B8D

square

#986C2B #2B9836 #2B5798 #982B8D

split-complementary

#986C2B #2B8D98 #362B98

monochromatic

#392810 #684A1E #986C2B #C78E39 #D5A969

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.65

#986C2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#986C2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #986C2B

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##986C2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##986C2B	1.00	4.65	4.51	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C6E23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86792D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5615E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #986c2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 108, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.098 73.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba9668',
    500: '#986c2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #986c2b;
$custom-light: #ba9668;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#986c2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.78,
    "s": 55.897,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56419,
    "c": 0.09818,
    "h": 73.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#986C2B

secondary

#6487BB

accent

#85DF49

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F7F1EB

border

#D0CBC6

text

#120D06

muted

#817E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #986C2B

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

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