#B98A42#B98A42

#B98A42 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.106 H 75.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B98A42
RGB	rgb(185, 138, 66)
HSL	hsl(36, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(36, 64%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.4%, 64.3%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.68, 10.22, 44.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.68, 45.78, 77.11°)
OKLab	oklab(66.48% 0.0261 0.1027)
OKLCH	oklch(66.48% 0.106 75.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.0812, 28.8868, 9.1446)
Luminance	0.2888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B98A42 #4271B9

analogous

#B94F42 #B98A42 #ACB942

triadic

#B98A42 #42B98A #8A42B9

tetradic

#B98A42 #42B94F #4271B9 #B942AC

square

#B98A42 #42B94F #4271B9 #B942AC

split-complementary

#B98A42 #42ACB9 #4F42B9

monochromatic

#5F4722 #8C6832 #B98A42 #CBA66D #DBC29A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#B98A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.78

#B98A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B98A42

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B98A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B98A42	1.00	3.10	6.78	6.78
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8C3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79744

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C87D7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b98a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 138, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.106 75.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ac79',
    500: '#b98a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b98a42;
$custom-light: #d2ac79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b98a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.303,
    "s": 47.41,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66482,
    "c": 0.10596,
    "h": 75.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B98A42

secondary

#90A6C7

accent

#86D751

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B98A42

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

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