#B98235#B98235

#B98235 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.114 H 72.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B98235
RGB	rgb(185, 130, 53)
HSL	hsl(35, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(35, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.7%, 71.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.55, 13.87, 48.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.55, 50.42, 74.03°)
OKLab	oklab(64.77% 0.0351 0.1087)
OKLCH	oklch(64.77% 0.114 72.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.6348, 26.5390, 6.9819)
Luminance	0.2654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B98235 #356CB9

analogous

#B94035 #B98235 #AEB935

triadic

#B98235 #35B982 #8235B9

tetradic

#B98235 #35B940 #356CB9 #B935AE

square

#B98235 #35B940 #356CB9 #B935AE

split-complementary

#B98235 #35AEB9 #4035B9

monochromatic

#5A3F1A #896127 #B98235 #D09F5B #DEBB8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#B98235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#B98235 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B98235

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B98235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B98235	1.00	3.33	6.31	6.31
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95852C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29237

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C97472

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b98235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 130, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.114 72.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a670',
    500: '#b98235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b98235;
$custom-light: #d3a670;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b98235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35,
    "s": 55.462,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64773,
    "c": 0.11424,
    "h": 72.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B98235

secondary

#829FC8

accent

#87DF49

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B98235

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

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