#B98539#B98539

#B98539 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.112 H 73.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B98539
RGB	rgb(185, 133, 57)
HSL	hsl(36, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(36, 69%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.1%, 69.2%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.33, 12.43, 47.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.33, 49.06, 75.32°)
OKLab	oklab(65.4% 0.0314 0.1073)
OKLCH	oklch(65.4% 0.112 73.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.1356, 27.3871, 7.6218)
Luminance	0.2738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B98539 #396DB9

analogous

#B94539 #B98539 #ADB939

triadic

#B98539 #39B985 #8539B9

tetradic

#B98539 #39B945 #396DB9 #B939AD

square

#B98539 #39B945 #396DB9 #B939AD

split-complementary

#B98539 #39ADB9 #4539B9

monochromatic

#5B421C #8A632B #B98539 #CEA261 #DDBD90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#B98539 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#B98539 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B98539

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B98539	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B98539	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)

#988730

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4943B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C97875

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b98539;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 133, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.112 73.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a873',
    500: '#b98539',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b98539;
$custom-light: #d2a873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b98539",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.625,
    "s": 52.893,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65398,
    "c": 0.11178,
    "h": 73.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B98539

secondary

#86A1C8

accent

#86DC4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B98539

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

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