#986E21#986E21

#986E21 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.105 H 78.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#986E21
RGB	rgb(152, 110, 33)
HSL	hsl(39, 64%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(39, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.6%, 78.3%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.42, 9.34, 46.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.42, 47.73, 78.72°)
OKLab	oklab(56.74% 0.0214 0.1025)
OKLCH	oklch(56.74% 0.105 78.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.8006, 17.9386, 3.9109)
Luminance	0.1794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#986E21 #214B98

analogous

#983321 #986E21 #879821

triadic

#986E21 #21986E #6E2198

tetradic

#986E21 #219833 #214B98 #982187

square

#986E21 #219833 #214B98 #982187

split-complementary

#986E21 #218798 #332198

monochromatic

#33250B #664A16 #986E21 #CA922C #DBAD59

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.58

#986E21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.59

#986E21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #986E21

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##986E21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##986E21	1.00	4.58	4.59	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E6F15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887A24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6625F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #986e21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 110, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.105 78.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb9762',
    500: '#986e21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #986e21;
$custom-light: #bb9762;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#986e21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.824,
    "s": 64.324,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56741,
    "c": 0.10472,
    "h": 78.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#986E21

secondary

#567BBF

accent

#7BE740

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F2EB

border

#D1CCC6

text

#120D05

muted

#817E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #986E21

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

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