#B98937#B98937

#B98937 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.114 H 77.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B98937
RGB	rgb(185, 137, 55)
HSL	hsl(38, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(38, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.9%, 70.3%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.32, 10.10, 49.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.32, 50.45, 78.45°)
OKLab	oklab(66.17% 0.0243 0.1111)
OKLCH	oklch(66.17% 0.114 77.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.6447, 28.4837, 7.5502)
Luminance	0.2848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B98937 #3767B9

analogous

#B94837 #B98937 #A8B937

triadic

#B98937 #37B989 #8937B9

tetradic

#B98937 #37B948 #3767B9 #B937A8

square

#B98937 #37B948 #3767B9 #B937A8

split-complementary

#B98937 #37A8B9 #4837B9

monochromatic

#5B431B #8A6629 #B98937 #CFA55E #DDC08D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#B98937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.70

#B98937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B98937

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B98937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B98937	1.00	3.14	6.70	6.70
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8A2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7963A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C97C78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b98937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 137, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.114 77.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ab72',
    500: '#b98937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b98937;
$custom-light: #d2ab72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b98937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.846,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66168,
    "c": 0.11375,
    "h": 77.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B98937

secondary

#849DC8

accent

#81DE4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B98937

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

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