#986D2B#986D2B

#986D2B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.098 H 74.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#986D2B
RGB	rgb(152, 109, 43)
HSL	hsl(36, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(36, 72%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.3%, 71.7%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.24, 10.41, 42.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.24, 43.46, 76.15°)
OKLab	oklab(56.62% 0.0258 0.0948)
OKLCH	oklch(56.62% 0.098 74.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.8548, 17.7886, 4.7255)
Luminance	0.1779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#986D2B #2B5698

analogous

#98362B #986D2B #8C982B

triadic

#986D2B #2B986D #6D2B98

tetradic

#986D2B #2B9836 #2B5698 #982B8C

square

#986D2B #2B9836 #2B5698 #982B8C

split-complementary

#986D2B #2B8C98 #362B98

monochromatic

#392910 #684B1E #986D2B #C78F39 #D5AA69

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.61

#986D2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.56

#986D2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #986D2B

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##986D2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##986D2B	1.00	4.61	4.56	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D6F23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87792D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5625F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #986d2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 109, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.098 74.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba9668',
    500: '#986d2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #986d2b;
$custom-light: #ba9668;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#986d2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.33,
    "s": 55.897,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56623,
    "c": 0.09828,
    "h": 74.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#986D2B

secondary

#6486BB

accent

#84DF49

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F7F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#120D06

muted

#817E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #986D2B

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

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