#B98236#B98236

#B98236 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.114 H 71.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B98236
RGB	rgb(185, 130, 54)
HSL	hsl(35, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(35, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.7%, 70.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.55, 13.93, 48.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.55, 50.00, 73.83°)
OKLab	oklab(64.78% 0.0354 0.108)
OKLCH	oklch(64.78% 0.114 71.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.6580, 26.5483, 7.1043)
Luminance	0.2655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B98236 #366DB9

analogous

#B94036 #B98236 #AFB936

triadic

#B98236 #36B982 #8236B9

tetradic

#B98236 #36B940 #366DB9 #B936AF

square

#B98236 #36B940 #366DB9 #B936AF

split-complementary

#B98236 #36AFB9 #4036B9

monochromatic

#5A3F1A #8A6128 #B98236 #D09F5D #DDBB8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#B98236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#B98236 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B98236

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B98236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B98236	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)

#95852D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29238

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C97472

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b98236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 130, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.114 71.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a671',
    500: '#b98236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b98236;
$custom-light: #d2a671;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b98236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.809,
    "s": 54.812,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64783,
    "c": 0.1136,
    "h": 71.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B98236

secondary

#83A0C8

accent

#88DE4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B98236

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

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