#B98959#B98959

#B98959 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.087 H 65.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B98959
RGB	rgb(185, 137, 89)
HSL	hsl(30, 41%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(30, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.9%, 51.9%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.72, 12.59, 32.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.72, 35.10, 68.98°)
OKLab	oklab(66.61% 0.0362 0.0791)
OKLCH	oklch(66.61% 0.087 65.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.7579, 28.9290, 13.4131)
Luminance	0.2893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B98959 #5989B9

analogous

#B95959 #B98959 #B9B959

triadic

#B98959 #59B989 #8959B9

tetradic

#B98959 #59B959 #5989B9 #B959B9

square

#B98959 #59B959 #5989B9 #B959B9

split-complementary

#B98959 #59B9B9 #5959B9

monochromatic

#6B4C2D #966A3F #B98959 #CBA884 #DDC6AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#B98959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.79

#B98959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B98959

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B98959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B98959	1.00	3.09	6.79	6.79
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998C55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4975A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C77E7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b98959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 137, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.087 65.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1ab89',
    500: '#b98959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b98959;
$custom-light: #d1ab89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b98959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30,
    "s": 40.678,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66605,
    "c": 0.08698,
    "h": 65.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B98959

secondary

#A2B7CB

accent

#94D157

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4F0

border

#D3CECB

text

#14100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B98959

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

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