#986E23#986E23

#986E23 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.104 H 77.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#986E23
RGB	rgb(152, 110, 35)
HSL	hsl(38, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(38, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.6%, 77%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.44, 9.43, 45.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.44, 46.94, 78.42°)
OKLab	oklab(56.76% 0.0219 0.1012)
OKLCH	oklch(56.76% 0.104 77.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.8295, 17.9501, 4.0628)
Luminance	0.1795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#986E23 #234D98

analogous

#983423 #986E23 #889823

triadic

#986E23 #23986E #6E2398

tetradic

#986E23 #239834 #234D98 #982388

square

#986E23 #239834 #234D98 #982388

split-complementary

#986E23 #238898 #342398

monochromatic

#35260C #664A18 #986E23 #CA922E #D9AC5C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.58

#986E23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.59

#986E23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #986E23

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##986E23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##986E23	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)

#7E6F18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887A26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6625F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #986e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 110, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.104 77.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bb9763',
    500: '#986e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #986e23;
$custom-light: #bb9763;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#986e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.462,
    "s": 62.567,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56756,
    "c": 0.10356,
    "h": 77.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#986E23

secondary

#597DBE

accent

#7DE642

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F2EB

border

#D1CCC6

text

#120D05

muted

#817E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #986E23

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

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