#B98942#B98942

#B98942 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.106 H 74.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B98942
RGB	rgb(185, 137, 66)
HSL	hsl(36, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(36, 64%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.9%, 64.3%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.43, 10.77, 44.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.43, 45.63, 76.35°)
OKLab	oklab(66.28% 0.0278 0.1021)
OKLCH	oklch(66.28% 0.106 74.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.9384, 28.6012, 9.0970)
Luminance	0.2860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B98942 #4272B9

analogous

#B94E42 #B98942 #AEB942

triadic

#B98942 #42B989 #8942B9

tetradic

#B98942 #42B94E #4272B9 #B942AE

square

#B98942 #42B94E #4272B9 #B942AE

split-complementary

#B98942 #42AEB9 #4E42B9

monochromatic

#5F4622 #8C6832 #B98942 #CBA56D #DBC19A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#B98942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#B98942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B98942

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B98942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B98942	1.00	3.13	6.72	6.72
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8B3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69644

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C87C79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b98942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 137, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.106 74.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ab79',
    500: '#b98942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b98942;
$custom-light: #d2ab79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b98942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.798,
    "s": 47.41,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66283,
    "c": 0.10578,
    "h": 74.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B98942

secondary

#90A6C7

accent

#87D751

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B98942

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

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