#B98255#B98255

#B98255 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.091 H 59.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B98255
RGB	rgb(185, 130, 85)
HSL	hsl(27, 42%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(27, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.7%, 54.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.92, 16.12, 32.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.92, 36.42, 63.74°)
OKLab	oklab(65.18% 0.0462 0.0786)
OKLCH	oklch(65.18% 0.091 59.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.6315, 26.9377, 12.2314)
Luminance	0.2693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B98255 #558CB9

analogous

#B9555A #B98255 #B9B455

triadic

#B98255 #55B982 #8255B9

tetradic

#B98255 #5AB955 #558CB9 #B455B9

square

#B98255 #5AB955 #558CB9 #B455B9

split-complementary

#B98255 #55B9B4 #555AB9

monochromatic

#69472B #94643D #B98255 #CBA280 #DDC2AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#B98255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#B98255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B98255

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B98255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B98255	1.00	3.29	6.39	6.39
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938651

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09355

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C87777

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b98255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 130, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.091 59.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1a685',
    500: '#b98255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b98255;
$custom-light: #d1a685;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b98255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27,
    "s": 41.667,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65182,
    "c": 0.09117,
    "h": 59.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B98255

secondary

#9FB7CB

accent

#9AD156

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#140F0B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B98255

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

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