#986D23#986D23

#986D23 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.103 H 76.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#986D23
RGB	rgb(152, 109, 35)
HSL	hsl(38, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(38, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.3%, 77%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.17, 10.00, 45.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.17, 46.81, 77.67°)
OKLab	oklab(56.55% 0.0235 0.1007)
OKLCH	oklch(56.55% 0.103 76.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.7222, 17.7355, 4.0270)
Luminance	0.1773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#986D23 #234E98

analogous

#983323 #986D23 #899823

triadic

#986D23 #23986D #6D2398

tetradic

#986D23 #239833 #234E98 #982389

square

#986D23 #239833 #234E98 #982389

split-complementary

#986D23 #238998 #332398

monochromatic

#35260C #664918 #986D23 #CA912E #D9AB5C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.62

#986D23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.55

#986D23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #986D23

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##986D23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##986D23	1.00	4.62	4.55	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D6F18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877926

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6615E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #986d23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 109, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.103 76.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb9663',
    500: '#986d23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #986d23;
$custom-light: #bb9663;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#986d23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.949,
    "s": 62.567,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56551,
    "c": 0.1034,
    "h": 76.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#986D23

secondary

#597EBE

accent

#7EE642

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F2EB

border

#D1CCC6

text

#120D05

muted

#817E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #986D23

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

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