#B98038#B98038

#B98038 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.112 H 69.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B98038
RGB	rgb(185, 128, 56)
HSL	hsl(33, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(33, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.8%, 69.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.08, 15.14, 46.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.08, 48.98, 71.99°)
OKLab	oklab(64.42% 0.0392 0.1053)
OKLCH	oklch(64.42% 0.112 69.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.4425, 26.0406, 7.2690)
Luminance	0.2604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B98038 #3871B9

analogous

#B93F38 #B98038 #B2B938

triadic

#B98038 #38B980 #8038B9

tetradic

#B98038 #38B93F #3871B9 #B938B2

square

#B98038 #38B93F #3871B9 #B938B2

split-complementary

#B98038 #38B2B9 #3F38B9

monochromatic

#5B3F1C #8A5F2A #B98038 #CF9E5F #DDBA8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#B98038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#B98038 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B98038

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B98038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B98038	1.00	3.38	6.21	6.21
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938430

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1913A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C97270

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b98038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 128, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.112 69.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a472',
    500: '#b98038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b98038;
$custom-light: #d2a472;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b98038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.488,
    "s": 53.527,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64415,
    "c": 0.11233,
    "h": 69.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B98038

secondary

#85A3C8

accent

#8BDD4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B98038

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

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