#986E5E#986E5E

#986E5E is a mid, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.059 H 41.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#986E5E
RGB	rgb(152, 110, 94)
HSL	hsl(17, 24%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(17, 38%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.6%, 38.2%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.26, 14.48, 15.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.26, 21.21, 46.96°)
OKLab	oklab(57.67% 0.0441 0.0393)
OKLCH	oklch(57.67% 0.059 41.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.5459, 18.6367, 13.1026)
Luminance	0.1863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#986E5E #5E8898

analogous

#985E6B #986E5E #988B5E

triadic

#986E5E #5E986E #6E5E98

tetradic

#986E5E #6B985E #5E8898 #8B5E98

square

#986E5E #6B985E #5E8898 #8B5E98

split-complementary

#986E5E #5E988B #5E6B98

monochromatic

#4C372F #725347 #986E5E #B28F82 #C9B1A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#986E5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#986E5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #986E5E

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##986E5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##986E5E	1.00	4.44	4.73	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#78725D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827B5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2686A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #986e5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 110, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.059 41.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8978b',
    500: '#986e5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #986e5e;
$custom-light: #b8978b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#986e5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.552,
    "s": 23.577,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57665,
    "c": 0.05906,
    "h": 41.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#986E5E

secondary

#9BAFB7

accent

#A8C068

background

#FBF9F8

surface

#F6F2F0

border

#D0CCCB

text

#110D0C

muted

#807E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #986E5E

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

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