#986D2E#986D2E

#986D2E is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.096 H 73.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#986D2E
RGB	rgb(152, 109, 46)
HSL	hsl(36, 54%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(36, 70%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.3%, 69.7%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.27, 10.58, 40.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.27, 42.13, 75.46°)
OKLab	oklab(56.65% 0.0268 0.0924)
OKLCH	oklch(56.65% 0.096 73.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.9119, 17.8114, 5.0261)
Luminance	0.1781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#986D2E #2E5998

analogous

#98382E #986D2E #8E982E

triadic

#986D2E #2E986D #6D2E98

tetradic

#986D2E #2E9838 #2E5998 #982E8E

square

#986D2E #2E9838 #2E5998 #982E8E

split-complementary

#986D2E #2E8E98 #382E98

monochromatic

#3A2A12 #694B20 #986D2E #C58E3E #D3AA6D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.60

#986D2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.56

#986D2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #986D2E

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##986D2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##986D2E	1.00	4.60	4.56	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C6F27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877930

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A5625F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #986d2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 109, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.096 73.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba966a',
    500: '#986d2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #986d2e;
$custom-light: #ba966a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#986d2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.66,
    "s": 53.535,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56654,
    "c": 0.09617,
    "h": 73.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#986D2E

secondary

#6889BA

accent

#86DD4B

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F7F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#120D06

muted

#817E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #986D2E

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →