#B98536#B98536

#B98536 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.114 H 74.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B98536
RGB	rgb(185, 133, 54)
HSL	hsl(36, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(36, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.1%, 70.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.30, 12.26, 48.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.30, 50.33, 75.90°)
OKLab	oklab(65.37% 0.0305 0.1096)
OKLCH	oklch(65.37% 0.114 74.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.0629, 27.3580, 7.2393)
Luminance	0.2736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B98536 #366AB9

analogous

#B94336 #B98536 #ACB936

triadic

#B98536 #36B985 #8536B9

tetradic

#B98536 #36B943 #366AB9 #B936AC

square

#B98536 #36B943 #366AB9 #B936AC

split-complementary

#B98536 #36ACB9 #4336B9

monochromatic

#5A411A #8A6328 #B98536 #D0A25D #DDBD8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#B98536 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#B98536 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B98536

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B98536	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B98536	1.00	3.25	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98872C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49438

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C97774

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b98536;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 133, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.114 74.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a871',
    500: '#b98536',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b98536;
$custom-light: #d2a871;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b98536",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.183,
    "s": 54.812,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65368,
    "c": 0.11379,
    "h": 74.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B98536

secondary

#839EC8

accent

#85DE4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B98536

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

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