#B98C3E#B98C3E

#B98C3E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.109 H 78.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B98C3E
RGB	rgb(185, 140, 62)
HSL	hsl(38, 50%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(38, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.3%, 66.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.15, 8.85, 47.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.15, 47.90, 79.35°)
OKLab	oklab(66.84% 0.0216 0.1073)
OKLCH	oklch(66.84% 0.109 78.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.2570, 29.4204, 8.6416)
Luminance	0.2942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B98C3E #3E6BB9

analogous

#B94E3E #B98C3E #A8B93E

triadic

#B98C3E #3EB98C #8C3EB9

tetradic

#B98C3E #3EB94E #3E6BB9 #B93EA8

square

#B98C3E #3EB94E #3E6BB9 #B93EA8

split-complementary

#B98C3E #3EA8B9 #4E3EB9

monochromatic

#5D471F #8B692F #B98C3E #CCA868 #DCC296

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#B98C3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.88

#B98C3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B98C3E

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B98C3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B98C3E	1.00	3.05	6.88	6.88
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8D35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89841

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C87F7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b98c3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 140, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.109 78.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ad77',
    500: '#b98c3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b98c3e;
$custom-light: #d2ad77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b98c3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.049,
    "s": 49.798,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66836,
    "c": 0.10946,
    "h": 78.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B98C3E

secondary

#8CA1C7

accent

#81D94E

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B98C3E

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

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