#986E5F#986E5F

#986E5F is a mid, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.059 H 40.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#986E5F
RGB	rgb(152, 110, 95)
HSL	hsl(16, 23%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(16, 38%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.6%, 37.5%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.28, 14.60, 14.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.28, 20.89, 45.66°)
OKLab	oklab(57.69% 0.0445 0.038)
OKLCH	oklch(57.69% 0.059 40.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.5911, 18.6547, 13.3404)
Luminance	0.1865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#986E5F #5F8998

analogous

#985F6C #986E5F #988A5F

triadic

#986E5F #5F986E #6E5F98

tetradic

#986E5F #6C985F #5F8998 #8A5F98

square

#986E5F #6C985F #5F8998 #8A5F98

split-complementary

#986E5F #5F988A #5F6C98

monochromatic

#4D3730 #725347 #986E5F #B18F83 #C9B1A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#986E5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#986E5F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #986E5F

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##986E5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##986E5F	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)

#78735E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827B5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2686A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #986e5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(152, 110, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.059 40.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8978c',
    500: '#986e5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #986e5f;
$custom-light: #b8978c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#986e5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 152,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.789,
    "s": 23.077,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57689,
    "c": 0.0585,
    "h": 40.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#986E5F

secondary

#9CB0B7

accent

#A9C068

background

#FBF9F8

surface

#F6F2F0

border

#D0CCCB

text

#110D0C

muted

#807E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #986E5F

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

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