#B98C35#B98C35

#B98C35 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.116 H 80.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B98C35
RGB	rgb(185, 140, 53)
HSL	hsl(40, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(40, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.3%, 71.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.07, 8.34, 51.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.07, 51.77, 80.73°)
OKLab	oklab(66.75% 0.0189 0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(66.75% 0.116 80.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.0302, 29.3297, 7.4470)
Luminance	0.2933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B98C35 #3562B9

analogous

#B94A35 #B98C35 #A4B935

triadic

#B98C35 #35B98C #8C35B9

tetradic

#B98C35 #35B94A #3562B9 #B935A4

square

#B98C35 #35B94A #3562B9 #B935A4

split-complementary

#B98C35 #35A4B9 #4A35B9

monochromatic

#5A441A #896827 #B98C35 #D0A85B #DEC18B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#B98C35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.87

#B98C35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B98C35

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B98C35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B98C35	1.00	3.06	6.87	6.87
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8D2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99838

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C97F7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b98c35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 140, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.116 80.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ad71',
    500: '#b98c35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b98c35;
$custom-light: #d2ad71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b98c35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.545,
    "s": 55.462,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66749,
    "c": 0.11584,
    "h": 80.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B98C35

secondary

#829AC8

accent

#7CDF49

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B98C35

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

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