#B98540#B98540

#B98540 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.107 H 71.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B98540
RGB	rgb(185, 133, 64)
HSL	hsl(34, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(34, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.1%, 65.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.40, 12.85, 44.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.40, 46.00, 73.78°)
OKLab	oklab(65.47% 0.0336 0.1014)
OKLCH	oklch(65.47% 0.107 71.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.3224, 27.4618, 8.6058)
Luminance	0.2746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B98540 #4074B9

analogous

#B94940 #B98540 #B1B940

triadic

#B98540 #40B985 #8540B9

tetradic

#B98540 #40B949 #4074B9 #B940B1

square

#B98540 #40B949 #4074B9 #B940B1

split-complementary

#B98540 #40B1B9 #4940B9

monochromatic

#5E4421 #8C6430 #B98540 #CCA26B #DBBE98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#B98540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#B98540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B98540

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B98540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B98540	1.00	3.23	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978839

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39442

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C97876

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b98540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 133, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.107 71.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a877',
    500: '#b98540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b98540;
$custom-light: #d2a877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b98540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.215,
    "s": 48.594,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65473,
    "c": 0.10684,
    "h": 71.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B98540

secondary

#8EA6C7

accent

#8AD850

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#150F09

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B98540

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

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