#986E2C#986E2C

#986E2C is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.098 H 75.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#986E2C
RGB	rgb(152, 110, 44)
HSL	hsl(37, 55%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(37, 71%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.6%, 71.1%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.51, 9.89, 42.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.51, 43.15, 76.75°)
OKLab	oklab(56.84% 0.0244 0.0946)
OKLCH	oklch(56.84% 0.098 75.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.9807, 18.0106, 4.8591)
Luminance	0.1801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#986E2C #2C5698

analogous

#98382C #986E2C #8C982C

triadic

#986E2C #2C986E #6E2C98

tetradic

#986E2C #2C9838 #2C5698 #982C8C

square

#986E2C #2C9838 #2C5698 #982C8C

split-complementary

#986E2C #2C8C98 #382C98

monochromatic

#392911 #694C1E #986E2C #C6903B #D4AB6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#986E2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#986E2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #986E2C

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##986E2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##986E2C	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)

#7D7024

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877A2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A56360

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #986e2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 110, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.098 75.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba9769',
    500: '#986e2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #986e2c;
$custom-light: #ba9769;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#986e2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.667,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56837,
    "c": 0.09773,
    "h": 75.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#986E2C

secondary

#6586BB

accent

#83DE49

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F7F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#120D06

muted

#817E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #986E2C

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

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