#986E2B#986E2B

#986E2B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.098 H 75.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#986E2B
RGB	rgb(152, 110, 43)
HSL	hsl(37, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(37, 72%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.6%, 71.7%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.50, 9.83, 42.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.50, 43.59, 76.97°)
OKLab	oklab(56.83% 0.0241 0.0954)
OKLCH	oklch(56.83% 0.098 75.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.9621, 18.0032, 4.7613)
Luminance	0.1800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#986E2B #2B5598

analogous

#98382B #986E2B #8B982B

triadic

#986E2B #2B986E #6E2B98

tetradic

#986E2B #2B9838 #2B5598 #982B8B

square

#986E2B #2B9838 #2B5598 #982B8B

split-complementary

#986E2B #2B8B98 #382B98

monochromatic

#392910 #684B1E #986E2B #C79039 #D5AB69

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#986E2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#986E2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #986E2B

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##986E2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##986E2B	1.00	4.56	4.60	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.56	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)

#7E7023

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877A2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A56360

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #986e2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 110, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.098 75.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba9768',
    500: '#986e2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #986e2b;
$custom-light: #ba9768;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#986e2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.881,
    "s": 55.897,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56827,
    "c": 0.09841,
    "h": 75.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#986E2B

secondary

#6485BB

accent

#83DF49

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F7F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#120D06

muted

#817E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #986E2B

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

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