#B98D38#B98D38

#B98D38 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.114 H 80.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B98D38
RGB	rgb(185, 141, 56)
HSL	hsl(40, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(40, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.8%, 69.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.35, 7.95, 50.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.35, 50.68, 80.97°)
OKLab	oklab(66.98% 0.0182 0.1126)
OKLCH	oklch(66.98% 0.114 80.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.2481, 29.6517, 7.8708)
Luminance	0.2965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B98D38 #3864B9

analogous

#B94D38 #B98D38 #A5B938

triadic

#B98D38 #38B98D #8D38B9

tetradic

#B98D38 #38B94D #3864B9 #B938A5

square

#B98D38 #38B94D #3864B9 #B938A5

split-complementary

#B98D38 #38A5B9 #4D38B9

monochromatic

#5B451C #8A692A #B98D38 #CFA95F #DDC28E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#B98D38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.93

#B98D38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B98D38

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B98D38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B98D38	1.00	3.03	6.93	6.93
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8E2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9993B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9807B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b98d38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 141, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.114 80.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ae73',
    500: '#b98d38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b98d38;
$custom-light: #d2ae73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b98d38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.535,
    "s": 53.527,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66977,
    "c": 0.11409,
    "h": 80.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B98D38

secondary

#859CC8

accent

#7DDD4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B98D38

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

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