#B98538#B98538

#B98538 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.112 H 74.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B98538
RGB	rgb(185, 133, 56)
HSL	hsl(36, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(36, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.1%, 69.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.32, 12.37, 47.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.32, 49.48, 75.52°)
OKLab	oklab(65.39% 0.0311 0.1081)
OKLCH	oklch(65.39% 0.112 74)
XYZ	xyz(29.1109, 27.3772, 7.4917)
Luminance	0.2737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B98538 #386CB9

analogous

#B94538 #B98538 #ADB938

triadic

#B98538 #38B985 #8538B9

tetradic

#B98538 #38B945 #386CB9 #B938AD

square

#B98538 #38B945 #386CB9 #B938AD

split-complementary

#B98538 #38ADB9 #4538B9

monochromatic

#5B411C #8A632A #B98538 #CFA25F #DDBD8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#B98538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#B98538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B98538

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B98538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B98538	1.00	3.24	6.48	6.48
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98872F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4943A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C97775

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b98538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 133, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.112 74.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a872',
    500: '#b98538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b98538;
$custom-light: #d2a872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b98538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.814,
    "s": 53.527,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65388,
    "c": 0.11246,
    "h": 74
  },
  "luminance": 0.27375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B98538

secondary

#85A0C8

accent

#86DD4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B98538

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

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