#986E31#986E31

#986E31 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.094 H 73.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#986E31
RGB	rgb(152, 110, 49)
HSL	hsl(36, 51%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(36, 68%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.6%, 67.8%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.56, 10.19, 39.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.56, 40.91, 75.58°)
OKLab	oklab(56.89% 0.0261 0.0904)
OKLCH	oklch(56.89% 0.094 73.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.0804, 18.0505, 5.3843)
Luminance	0.1805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#986E31 #315B98

analogous

#983B31 #986E31 #8F9831

triadic

#986E31 #31986E #6E3198

tetradic

#986E31 #31983B #315B98 #98318F

square

#986E31 #31983B #315B98 #98318F

split-complementary

#986E31 #318F98 #3B3198

monochromatic

#3B2B13 #6A4D22 #986E31 #C38F44 #D2AB72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#986E31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.61

#986E31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #986E31

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##986E31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##986E31	1.00	4.56	4.61	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D702A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877A33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A56361

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #986e31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 110, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.094 73.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba976c',
    500: '#986e31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #986e31;
$custom-light: #ba976c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#986e31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.534,
    "s": 51.244,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5689,
    "c": 0.0941,
    "h": 73.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#986E31

secondary

#6B8BB9

accent

#87DB4D

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F7F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#120D07

muted

#817E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #986E31

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

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