#B98827#B98827

#B98827 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.123 H 79.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B98827
RGB	rgb(185, 136, 39)
HSL	hsl(40, 65%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(40, 79%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.5%, 78.9%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.95, 9.92, 55.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.95, 56.58, 79.90°)
OKLab	oklab(65.84% 0.0218 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(65.84% 0.123 79.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.1800, 28.0714, 5.8005)
Luminance	0.2807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B98827 #2758B9

analogous

#B93F27 #B98827 #A1B927

triadic

#B98827 #27B988 #8827B9

tetradic

#B98827 #27B93F #2758B9 #B927A1

square

#B98827 #27B93F #2758B9 #B927A1

split-complementary

#B98827 #27A1B9 #3F27B9

monochromatic

#543E12 #86631C #B98827 #D8A745 #E3BF78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#B98827 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#B98827 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B98827

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B98827	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B98827	1.00	3.18	6.61	6.61
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8915

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7952B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C97A75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b98827;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 136, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.123 79.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3aa69',
    500: '#b98827',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b98827;
$custom-light: #d3aa69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b98827",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.863,
    "s": 65.179,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65841,
    "c": 0.12311,
    "h": 79.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B98827

secondary

#728FCA

accent

#78E840

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B98827

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

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