#B98E36#B98E36

#B98E36 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.116 H 82.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B98E36
RGB	rgb(185, 142, 54)
HSL	hsl(40, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(40, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.2%, 70.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.59, 7.29, 51.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.59, 51.71, 81.89°)
OKLab	oklab(67.16% 0.016 0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(67.16% 0.116 82.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.3483, 29.9288, 7.6677)
Luminance	0.2993 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B98E36 #3661B9

analogous

#B94C36 #B98E36 #A3B936

triadic

#B98E36 #36B98E #8E36B9

tetradic

#B98E36 #36B94C #3661B9 #B936A3

square

#B98E36 #36B94C #3661B9 #B936A3

split-complementary

#B98E36 #36A3B9 #4C36B9

monochromatic

#5A451A #8A6A28 #B98E36 #D0AA5D #DDC38C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#B98E36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.99

#B98E36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B98E36

6.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B98E36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B98E36	1.00	3.01	6.99	6.99
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08E2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA993A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9817C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b98e36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 142, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.116 82.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ae72',
    500: '#b98e36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b98e36;
$custom-light: #d2ae72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b98e36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.305,
    "s": 54.812,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6716,
    "c": 0.11579,
    "h": 82.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B98E36

secondary

#839AC8

accent

#7ADE4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B98E36

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

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