#986D21#986D21

#986D21 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.105 H 77.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#986D21
RGB	rgb(152, 109, 33)
HSL	hsl(38, 64%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(38, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.3%, 78.3%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.16, 9.91, 46.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.16, 47.60, 77.98°)
OKLab	oklab(56.54% 0.023 0.102)
OKLCH	oklch(56.54% 0.105 77.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.6934, 17.7240, 3.8751)
Luminance	0.1772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#986D21 #214C98

analogous

#983221 #986D21 #889821

triadic

#986D21 #21986D #6D2198

tetradic

#986D21 #219832 #214C98 #982188

square

#986D21 #219832 #214C98 #982188

split-complementary

#986D21 #218898 #322198

monochromatic

#33250B #664916 #986D21 #CA912C #DBAC59

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.62

#986D21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.54

#986D21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #986D21

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##986D21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##986D21	1.00	4.62	4.54	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D6F15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877924

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6615E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #986d21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 109, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.105 77.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb9662',
    500: '#986d21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #986d21;
$custom-light: #bb9662;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#986d21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.319,
    "s": 64.324,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56536,
    "c": 0.10456,
    "h": 77.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#986D21

secondary

#567CBF

accent

#7DE740

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F2EB

border

#D1CCC6

text

#130D05

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #986D21

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

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