#B98A35#B98A35

#B98A35 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.115 H 78.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B98A35
RGB	rgb(185, 138, 53)
HSL	hsl(39, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(39, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 71.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.56, 9.45, 50.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.56, 51.44, 79.42°)
OKLab	oklab(66.35% 0.0221 0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(66.35% 0.115 78.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.7406, 28.7505, 7.3505)
Luminance	0.2875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B98A35 #3564B9

analogous

#B94835 #B98A35 #A6B935

triadic

#B98A35 #35B98A #8A35B9

tetradic

#B98A35 #35B948 #3564B9 #B935A6

square

#B98A35 #35B948 #3564B9 #B935A6

split-complementary

#B98A35 #35A6B9 #4835B9

monochromatic

#5A431A #896727 #B98A35 #D0A65B #DEC08B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#B98A35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.75

#B98A35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B98A35

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B98A35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B98A35	1.00	3.11	6.75	6.75
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8B2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79738

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C97D78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b98a35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 138, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.115 78.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ac71',
    500: '#b98a35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b98a35;
$custom-light: #d2ac71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b98a35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.636,
    "s": 55.462,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66349,
    "c": 0.11531,
    "h": 78.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B98A35

secondary

#829BC8

accent

#7EDF49

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B98A35

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

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