#B98B37#B98B37

#B98B37 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.114 H 79.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B98B37
RGB	rgb(185, 139, 55)
HSL	hsl(39, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(39, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.9%, 70.3%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.83, 9.00, 49.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.83, 50.76, 79.79°)
OKLab	oklab(66.57% 0.0211 0.1123)
OKLCH	oklch(66.57% 0.114 79.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.9317, 29.0576, 7.6459)
Luminance	0.2905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B98B37 #3765B9

analogous

#B94A37 #B98B37 #A6B937

triadic

#B98B37 #37B98B #8B37B9

tetradic

#B98B37 #37B94A #3765B9 #B937A6

square

#B98B37 #37B94A #3765B9 #B937A6

split-complementary

#B98B37 #37A6B9 #4A37B9

monochromatic

#5B441B #8A6829 #B98B37 #CFA75E #DDC18D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#B98B37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.81

#B98B37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B98B37

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B98B37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B98B37	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)

#9D8C2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8973A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C97E79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b98b37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 139, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.114 79.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ac72',
    500: '#b98b37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b98b37;
$custom-light: #d2ac72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b98b37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.769,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66567,
    "c": 0.11421,
    "h": 79.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B98B37

secondary

#849CC8

accent

#7EDE4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B98B37

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

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