#986E38#986E38

#986E38 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.089 H 71.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#986E38
RGB	rgb(152, 110, 56)
HSL	hsl(34, 46%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(34, 63%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.6%, 63.2%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.63, 10.67, 36.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.63, 37.66, 73.54°)
OKLab	oklab(56.97% 0.0285 0.084)
OKLCH	oklch(56.97% 0.089 71.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.2398, 18.1142, 6.2237)
Luminance	0.1811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#986E38 #386298

analogous

#983E38 #986E38 #929838

triadic

#986E38 #38986E #6E3898

tetradic

#986E38 #38983E #386298 #983892

square

#986E38 #38983E #386298 #983892

split-complementary

#986E38 #389298 #3E3898

monochromatic

#3F2D17 #6B4E28 #986E38 #BE8E4F #CFAA7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.54

#986E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.62

#986E38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #986E38

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##986E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##986E38	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)

#7D7033

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877A39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A56462

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #986e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 110, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.089 71.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ba9770',
    500: '#986e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #986e38;
$custom-light: #ba9770;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#986e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.75,
    "s": 46.154,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56975,
    "c": 0.08865,
    "h": 71.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#986E38

secondary

#7492B8

accent

#8CD652

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F7F2EC

border

#D0CCC7

text

#120D07

muted

#817E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #986E38

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

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