#B98636#B98636

#B98636 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.114 H 75.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B98636
RGB	rgb(185, 134, 54)
HSL	hsl(37, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(37, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.6%, 70.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.56, 11.71, 49.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.56, 50.45, 76.58°)
OKLab	oklab(65.57% 0.0289 0.1102)
OKLCH	oklch(65.57% 0.114 75.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.2005, 27.6331, 7.2851)
Luminance	0.2763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B98636 #3669B9

analogous

#B94436 #B98636 #ABB936

triadic

#B98636 #36B986 #8636B9

tetradic

#B98636 #36B944 #3669B9 #B936AB

square

#B98636 #36B944 #3669B9 #B936AB

split-complementary

#B98636 #36ABB9 #4436B9

monochromatic

#5A411A #8A6428 #B98636 #D0A35D #DDBE8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#B98636 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#B98636 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B98636

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B98636	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B98636	1.00	3.22	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99882C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59439

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C97875

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b98636;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 134, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.114 75.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a971',
    500: '#b98636',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b98636;
$custom-light: #d2a971;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b98636",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.641,
    "s": 54.812,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65565,
    "c": 0.11391,
    "h": 75.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B98636

secondary

#839EC8

accent

#83DE4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B98636

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

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