#986D2C#986D2C

#986D2C is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.098 H 74.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#986D2C
RGB	rgb(152, 109, 44)
HSL	hsl(36, 55%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(36, 71%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.3%, 71.1%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.25, 10.46, 41.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.25, 43.02, 75.92°)
OKLab	oklab(56.63% 0.0261 0.094)
OKLCH	oklch(56.63% 0.098 74.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.8734, 17.7960, 4.8233)
Luminance	0.1779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#986D2C #2C5798

analogous

#98372C #986D2C #8D982C

triadic

#986D2C #2C986D #6D2C98

tetradic

#986D2C #2C9837 #2C5798 #982C8D

square

#986D2C #2C9837 #2C5798 #982C8D

split-complementary

#986D2C #2C8D98 #372C98

monochromatic

#392911 #694B1E #986D2C #C68F3B #D4AA6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.61

#986D2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.56

#986D2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #986D2C

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##986D2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##986D2C	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)

#7D6F24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87792E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5625F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #986d2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 109, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.098 74.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba9668',
    500: '#986d2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #986d2c;
$custom-light: #ba9668;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#986d2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.111,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56633,
    "c": 0.09759,
    "h": 74.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#986D2C

secondary

#6587BB

accent

#85DE49

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F7F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#120D06

muted

#817E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #986D2C

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

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