#B98D42#B98D42

#B98D42 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.107 H 78.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B98D42
RGB	rgb(185, 141, 66)
HSL	hsl(38, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(38, 64%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.8%, 64.3%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.45, 8.56, 45.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.45, 46.28, 79.34°)
OKLab	oklab(67.08% 0.0213 0.1045)
OKLCH	oklch(67.08% 0.107 78.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.5176, 29.7595, 9.2900)
Luminance	0.2976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B98D42 #426EB9

analogous

#B95242 #B98D42 #AAB942

triadic

#B98D42 #42B98D #8D42B9

tetradic

#B98D42 #42B952 #426EB9 #B942AA

square

#B98D42 #42B952 #426EB9 #B942AA

split-complementary

#B98D42 #42AAB9 #5242B9

monochromatic

#5F4822 #8C6B32 #B98D42 #CBA86D #DBC39A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#B98D42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.95

#B98D42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B98D42

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B98D42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B98D42	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)

#9E8E3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99944

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8817C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b98d42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 141, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.107 78.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ae79',
    500: '#b98d42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b98d42;
$custom-light: #d2ae79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b98d42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.815,
    "s": 47.41,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6708,
    "c": 0.10666,
    "h": 78.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B98D42

secondary

#90A4C7

accent

#82D751

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4EE

border

#D3CEC9

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B98D42

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

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