#B98231#B98231

#B98231 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.117 H 73.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B98231
RGB	rgb(185, 130, 49)
HSL	hsl(36, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(36, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.7%, 73.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.51, 13.67, 50.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.51, 52.06, 74.78°)
OKLab	oklab(64.74% 0.0339 0.1117)
OKLCH	oklch(64.74% 0.117 73.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.5466, 26.5037, 6.5174)
Luminance	0.2650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B98231 #3168B9

analogous

#B93E31 #B98231 #ACB931

triadic

#B98231 #31B982 #8231B9

tetradic

#B98231 #31B93E #3168B9 #B931AC

square

#B98231 #31B93E #3168B9 #B931AC

split-complementary

#B98231 #31ACB9 #3E31B9

monochromatic

#583E17 #896024 #B98231 #D2A055 #DFBB86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#B98231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#B98231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B98231

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B98231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B98231	1.00	3.33	6.30	6.30
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958526

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29233

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C97471

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b98231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 130, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.117 73.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a66e',
    500: '#b98231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b98231;
$custom-light: #d3a66e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b98231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.735,
    "s": 58.12,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64737,
    "c": 0.11672,
    "h": 73.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B98231

secondary

#7D9CC8

accent

#85E146

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B98231

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

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