#B98438#B98438

#B98438 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.112 H 73.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B98438
RGB	rgb(185, 132, 56)
HSL	hsl(35, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(35, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.6%, 69.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.07, 12.93, 47.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.07, 49.37, 74.82°)
OKLab	oklab(65.19% 0.0327 0.1075)
OKLCH	oklch(65.19% 0.112 73.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.9746, 27.1047, 7.4463)
Luminance	0.2710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B98438 #386DB9

analogous

#B94438 #B98438 #AEB938

triadic

#B98438 #38B984 #8438B9

tetradic

#B98438 #38B944 #386DB9 #B938AE

square

#B98438 #38B944 #386DB9 #B938AE

split-complementary

#B98438 #38AEB9 #4438B9

monochromatic

#5B411C #8A622A #B98438 #CFA15F #DDBD8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#B98438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#B98438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B98438

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B98438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B98438	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)

#97872F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3933A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C97674

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b98438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 132, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.112 73.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a772',
    500: '#b98438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b98438;
$custom-light: #d2a772;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b98438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.349,
    "s": 53.527,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65192,
    "c": 0.11238,
    "h": 73.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B98438

secondary

#85A0C8

accent

#87DD4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B98438

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

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