#B98D40#B98D40

#B98D40 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.108 H 79.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B98D40
RGB	rgb(185, 141, 64)
HSL	hsl(38, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(38, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.8%, 65.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.43, 8.43, 46.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.43, 47.18, 79.71°)
OKLab	oklab(67.06% 0.0206 0.1062)
OKLCH	oklch(67.06% 0.108 79)
XYZ	xyz(30.4597, 29.7363, 8.9849)
Luminance	0.2973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B98D40 #406CB9

analogous

#B95140 #B98D40 #A9B940

triadic

#B98D40 #40B98D #8D40B9

tetradic

#B98D40 #40B951 #406CB9 #B940A9

square

#B98D40 #40B951 #406CB9 #B940A9

split-complementary

#B98D40 #40A9B9 #5140B9

monochromatic

#5E4821 #8C6A30 #B98D40 #CCA86B #DBC398

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#B98D40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.95

#B98D40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B98D40

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B98D40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B98D40	1.00	3.02	6.95	6.95
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8E38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99943

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8807C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b98d40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 141, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.108 79.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ae78',
    500: '#b98d40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b98d40;
$custom-light: #d2ae78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b98d40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.182,
    "s": 48.594,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67058,
    "c": 0.10821,
    "h": 79
  },
  "luminance": 0.29734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B98D40

secondary

#8EA3C7

accent

#81D850

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B98D40

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

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