#B98436#B98436

#B98436 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.114 H 73.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B98436
RGB	rgb(185, 132, 54)
HSL	hsl(36, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(36, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.6%, 70.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.05, 12.82, 48.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.05, 50.21, 75.21°)
OKLab	oklab(65.17% 0.0321 0.1091)
OKLCH	oklch(65.17% 0.114 73.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.9267, 27.0855, 7.1938)
Luminance	0.2708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B98436 #366BB9

analogous

#B94236 #B98436 #ADB936

triadic

#B98436 #36B984 #8436B9

tetradic

#B98436 #36B942 #366BB9 #B936AD

square

#B98436 #36B942 #366BB9 #B936AD

split-complementary

#B98436 #36ADB9 #4236B9

monochromatic

#5A401A #8A6228 #B98436 #D0A15D #DDBC8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#B98436 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#B98436 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B98436

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B98436	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B98436	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97872D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39338

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C97673

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b98436;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 132, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.114 73.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a771',
    500: '#b98436',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b98436;
$custom-light: #d2a771;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b98436",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.725,
    "s": 54.812,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65172,
    "c": 0.1137,
    "h": 73.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B98436

secondary

#839FC8

accent

#86DE4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B98436

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

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