#B98E37#B98E37

#B98E37 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.115 H 81.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#B98E37
RGBrgb(185, 142, 55)
HSLhsl(40, 54%, 47%)
HSVhsv(40, 70%, 73%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 23.2%, 70.3%, 27.5%)
CIE-LABlab(61.60, 7.35, 50.76)
CIE-LCHlch(61.60, 51.29, 81.76°)
OKLaboklab(67.17% 0.0163 0.114)
OKLCHoklch(67.17% 0.115 81.9)
XYZxyz(30.3720, 29.9383, 7.7927)
Luminance0.2994 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#B98E37 #3762B9
analogous
#B94D37 #B98E37 #A3B937
triadic
#B98E37 #37B98E #8E37B9
tetradic
#B98E37 #37B94D #3762B9 #B937A3
square
#B98E37 #37B94D #3762B9 #B937A3
split-complementary
#B98E37 #37A3B9 #4D37B9
monochromatic
#5B461B #8A6A29 #B98E37 #CFAA5E #DDC38D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01
#B98E37 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.99
#B98E37 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B98E37
6.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##B98E37#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##B98E371.003.016.996.99
#FFFFFF3.011.0021.0021.00
#0000006.9921.001.001.00
##0000006.9921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A08E2C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AA993A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C9817C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #b98e37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 142, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.115 81.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ae72',
    500: '#b98e37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #b98e37;
$custom-light: #d2ae72;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#b98e37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.154,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67169,
    "c": 0.11511,
    "h": 81.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#B98E37
secondary
#849AC8
accent
#7BDE4A
background
#FDFAF7
surface
#FAF4ED
border
#D3CEC8
text
#151008
muted
#837F7B

Preview Lab

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#B98E37 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva