#B98A36#B98A36

#B98A36 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.115 H 78.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B98A36
RGB	rgb(185, 138, 54)
HSL	hsl(38, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(38, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 70.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.57, 9.50, 50.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.57, 51.02, 79.27°)
OKLab	oklab(66.36% 0.0224 0.1124)
OKLCH	oklch(66.36% 0.115 78.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.7638, 28.7598, 7.4729)
Luminance	0.2876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B98A36 #3665B9

analogous

#B94836 #B98A36 #A7B936

triadic

#B98A36 #36B98A #8A36B9

tetradic

#B98A36 #36B948 #3665B9 #B936A7

square

#B98A36 #36B948 #3665B9 #B936A7

split-complementary

#B98A36 #36A7B9 #4836B9

monochromatic

#5A431A #8A6728 #B98A36 #D0A65D #DDC08C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#B98A36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.75

#B98A36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B98A36

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B98A36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B98A36	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)

#9C8B2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79739

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C97D78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b98a36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 138, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.115 78.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ac72',
    500: '#b98a36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b98a36;
$custom-light: #d2ac72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b98a36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.473,
    "s": 54.812,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66358,
    "c": 0.11465,
    "h": 78.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B98A36

secondary

#839CC8

accent

#7FDE4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B98A36

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

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