#B98B35#B98B35

#B98B35 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.116 H 79.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B98B35
RGB	rgb(185, 139, 53)
HSL	hsl(39, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(39, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.9%, 71.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.82, 8.89, 50.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.82, 51.60, 80.08°)
OKLab	oklab(66.55% 0.0205 0.1137)
OKLCH	oklch(66.55% 0.116 79.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.8847, 29.0388, 7.3985)
Luminance	0.2904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B98B35 #3563B9

analogous

#B94935 #B98B35 #A5B935

triadic

#B98B35 #35B98B #8B35B9

tetradic

#B98B35 #35B949 #3563B9 #B935A5

square

#B98B35 #35B949 #3563B9 #B935A5

split-complementary

#B98B35 #35A5B9 #4935B9

monochromatic

#5A441A #896727 #B98B35 #D0A75B #DEC18B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#B98B35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.81

#B98B35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B98B35

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B98B35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B98B35	1.00	3.08	6.81	6.81
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8C2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89738

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C97E79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b98b35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 139, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.116 79.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ac71',
    500: '#b98b35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b98b35;
$custom-light: #d2ac71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b98b35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.091,
    "s": 55.462,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66548,
    "c": 0.11556,
    "h": 79.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B98B35

secondary

#829AC8

accent

#7DDF49

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B98B35

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

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