#986E37#986E37

#986E37 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.089 H 71.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#986E37
RGB	rgb(152, 110, 55)
HSL	hsl(34, 47%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(34, 64%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.6%, 63.8%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.62, 10.60, 36.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.62, 38.13, 73.86°)
OKLab	oklab(56.96% 0.0281 0.0849)
OKLCH	oklch(56.96% 0.089 71.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.2156, 18.1045, 6.0962)
Luminance	0.1810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#986E37 #376198

analogous

#983E37 #986E37 #919837

triadic

#986E37 #37986E #6E3798

tetradic

#986E37 #37983E #376198 #983791

square

#986E37 #37983E #376198 #983791

split-complementary

#986E37 #379198 #3E3798

monochromatic

#3E2D16 #6B4D27 #986E37 #BF8E4D #CFAA7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.54

#986E37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.62

#986E37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #986E37

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##986E37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##986E37	1.00	4.54	4.62	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D7032

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877A38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A56462

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #986e37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 110, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.089 71.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba9770',
    500: '#986e37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #986e37;
$custom-light: #ba9770;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#986e37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.021,
    "s": 46.86,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56962,
    "c": 0.08945,
    "h": 71.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#986E37

secondary

#7391B8

accent

#8BD651

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F7F2EC

border

#D0CCC7

text

#120D07

muted

#817E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #986E37

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

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