#986E2A#986E2A

#986E2A is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.099 H 76.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#986E2A
RGB	rgb(152, 110, 42)
HSL	hsl(37, 57%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(37, 72%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.6%, 72.4%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.49, 9.78, 42.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.49, 44.03, 77.17°)
OKLab	oklab(56.82% 0.0238 0.0962)
OKLCH	oklch(56.82% 0.099 76.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.9440, 17.9959, 4.6659)
Luminance	0.1799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#986E2A #2A5498

analogous

#98372A #986E2A #8B982A

triadic

#986E2A #2A986E #6E2A98

tetradic

#986E2A #2A9837 #2A5498 #982A8B

square

#986E2A #2A9837 #2A5498 #982A8B

split-complementary

#986E2A #2A8B98 #372A98

monochromatic

#382910 #684B1D #986E2A #C89137 #D5AB67

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#986E2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#986E2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #986E2A

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##986E2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##986E2A	1.00	4.57	4.60	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E7022

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887A2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A56360

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #986e2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 110, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.099 76.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba9767',
    500: '#986e2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #986e2a;
$custom-light: #ba9767;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#986e2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.091,
    "s": 56.701,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56817,
    "c": 0.0991,
    "h": 76.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#986E2A

secondary

#6284BB

accent

#82E048

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F7F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#120D06

muted

#817E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #986E2A

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

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