#B98238#B98238

#B98238 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.112 H 71.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B98238
RGB	rgb(185, 130, 56)
HSL	hsl(34, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(34, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.7%, 69.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.57, 14.04, 47.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.57, 49.16, 73.41°)
OKLab	oklab(64.8% 0.036 0.1064)
OKLCH	oklch(64.8% 0.112 71.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.7060, 26.5674, 7.3568)
Luminance	0.2656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B98238 #386FB9

analogous

#B94238 #B98238 #AFB938

triadic

#B98238 #38B982 #8238B9

tetradic

#B98238 #38B942 #386FB9 #B938AF

square

#B98238 #38B942 #386FB9 #B938AF

split-complementary

#B98238 #38AFB9 #4238B9

monochromatic

#5B401C #8A612A #B98238 #CF9F5F #DDBB8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#B98238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#B98238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B98238

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B98238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B98238	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)

#95852F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2923A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C97472

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b98238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 130, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.112 71.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a672',
    500: '#b98238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b98238;
$custom-light: #d2a672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b98238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.419,
    "s": 53.527,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64802,
    "c": 0.11229,
    "h": 71.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B98238

secondary

#85A2C8

accent

#89DD4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B98238

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

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