#B98437#B98437

#B98437 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.113 H 73.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B98437
RGB	rgb(185, 132, 55)
HSL	hsl(36, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(36, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.6%, 70.3%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.06, 12.87, 48.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.06, 49.79, 75.02°)
OKLab	oklab(65.18% 0.0324 0.1083)
OKLCH	oklch(65.18% 0.113 73.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.9504, 27.0950, 7.3188)
Luminance	0.2709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B98437 #376CB9

analogous

#B94337 #B98437 #ADB937

triadic

#B98437 #37B984 #8437B9

tetradic

#B98437 #37B943 #376CB9 #B937AD

square

#B98437 #37B943 #376CB9 #B937AD

split-complementary

#B98437 #37ADB9 #4337B9

monochromatic

#5B411B #8A6229 #B98437 #CFA15E #DDBD8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#B98437 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#B98437 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B98437

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B98437	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B98437	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)

#97872E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39339

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C97674

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b98437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 132, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.113 73.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a772',
    500: '#b98437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b98437;
$custom-light: #d2a772;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b98437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.538,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65182,
    "c": 0.11304,
    "h": 73.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B98437

secondary

#84A0C8

accent

#86DE4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B98437

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

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