#B98E35#B98E35

#B98E35 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.116 H 82.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B98E35
RGB	rgb(185, 142, 53)
HSL	hsl(40, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(40, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.2%, 71.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.58, 7.24, 51.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.58, 52.12, 82.01°)
OKLab	oklab(67.15% 0.0157 0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(67.15% 0.116 82.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.3251, 29.9195, 7.5453)
Luminance	0.2992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B98E35 #3560B9

analogous

#B94C35 #B98E35 #A2B935

triadic

#B98E35 #35B98E #8E35B9

tetradic

#B98E35 #35B94C #3560B9 #B935A2

square

#B98E35 #35B94C #3560B9 #B935A2

split-complementary

#B98E35 #35A2B9 #4C35B9

monochromatic

#5A451A #896927 #B98E35 #D0AA5B #DEC38B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#B98E35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.98

#B98E35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B98E35

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B98E35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B98E35	1.00	3.01	6.98	6.98
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08E29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9939

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9817C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b98e35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 142, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.116 82.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ae71',
    500: '#b98e35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b98e35;
$custom-light: #d2ae71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b98e35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.455,
    "s": 55.462,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67151,
    "c": 0.11646,
    "h": 82.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B98E35

secondary

#8299C8

accent

#7ADF49

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B98E35

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

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