#B98E23#B98E23

#B98E23 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.127 H 84.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B98E23
RGB	rgb(185, 142, 35)
HSL	hsl(43, 68%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(43, 81%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.2%, 81.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.47, 6.47, 58.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.47, 58.84, 83.69°)
OKLab	oklab(67.02% 0.0114 0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(67.02% 0.127 84.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.9859, 29.7838, 5.7593)
Luminance	0.2978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B98E23 #234EB9

analogous

#B94323 #B98E23 #99B923

triadic

#B98E23 #23B98E #8E23B9

tetradic

#B98E23 #23B943 #234EB9 #B92399

square

#B98E23 #23B943 #234EB9 #B92399

split-complementary

#B98E23 #2399B9 #4323B9

monochromatic

#523F10 #866619 #B98E23 #DBAE3F #E4C472

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#B98E23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#B98E23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B98E23

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B98E23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B98E23	1.00	3.02	6.96	6.96
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A18E09

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9929

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9807A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b98e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 142, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.127 84.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3ae68',
    500: '#b98e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b98e23;
$custom-light: #d3ae68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b98e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.8,
    "s": 68.182,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67022,
    "c": 0.12679,
    "h": 84.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B98E23

secondary

#6D88CB

accent

#6FEB3D

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF4EB

border

#D4CEC6

text

#151007

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B98E23

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

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