#B98B31#B98B31

#B98B31 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.118 H 80.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B98B31
RGB	rgb(185, 139, 49)
HSL	hsl(40, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(40, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.9%, 73.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.78, 8.69, 52.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.78, 53.23, 80.60°)
OKLab	oklab(66.51% 0.0194 0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(66.51% 0.118 80.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.7965, 29.0035, 6.9340)
Luminance	0.2900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B98B31 #315FB9

analogous

#B94731 #B98B31 #A3B931

triadic

#B98B31 #31B98B #8B31B9

tetradic

#B98B31 #31B947 #315FB9 #B931A3

square

#B98B31 #31B947 #315FB9 #B931A3

split-complementary

#B98B31 #31A3B9 #4731B9

monochromatic

#584217 #896724 #B98B31 #D2A855 #DFC186

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#B98B31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#B98B31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B98B31

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B98B31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B98B31	1.00	3.09	6.80	6.80
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8C24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89735

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C97D79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b98b31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 139, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.118 80.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ac6f',
    500: '#b98b31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b98b31;
$custom-light: #d2ac6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b98b31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.706,
    "s": 58.12,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66514,
    "c": 0.11815,
    "h": 80.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B98B31

secondary

#7D97C8

accent

#7BE146

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EC

border

#D4CEC7

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B98B31

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

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