#B98638#B98638

#B98638 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.113 H 74.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B98638
RGB	rgb(185, 134, 56)
HSL	hsl(36, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(36, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.6%, 69.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.57, 11.82, 48.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.57, 49.61, 76.22°)
OKLab	oklab(65.58% 0.0295 0.1087)
OKLCH	oklch(65.58% 0.113 74.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.2484, 27.6523, 7.5376)
Luminance	0.2765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B98638 #386BB9

analogous

#B94538 #B98638 #ACB938

triadic

#B98638 #38B986 #8638B9

tetradic

#B98638 #38B945 #386BB9 #B938AC

square

#B98638 #38B945 #386BB9 #B938AC

split-complementary

#B98638 #38ACB9 #4538B9

monochromatic

#5B421C #8A642A #B98638 #CFA35F #DDBE8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#B98638 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#B98638 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B98638

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B98638	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B98638	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)

#99882F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5943A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C97975

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b98638;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 134, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.113 74.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a972',
    500: '#b98638',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b98638;
$custom-light: #d2a972;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b98638",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.279,
    "s": 53.527,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65584,
    "c": 0.11257,
    "h": 74.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B98638

secondary

#859FC8

accent

#85DD4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B98638

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

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