#B98F38#B98F38

#B98F38 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.115 H 82.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B98F38
RGB	rgb(185, 143, 56)
HSL	hsl(40, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(40, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.7%, 69.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.87, 6.85, 50.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.87, 51.05, 82.29°)
OKLab	oklab(67.38% 0.015 0.1138)
OKLCH	oklch(67.38% 0.115 82.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.5457, 30.2469, 7.9700)
Luminance	0.3024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B98F38 #3862B9

analogous

#B94E38 #B98F38 #A3B938

triadic

#B98F38 #38B98F #8F38B9

tetradic

#B98F38 #38B94E #3862B9 #B938A3

square

#B98F38 #38B94E #3862B9 #B938A3

split-complementary

#B98F38 #38A3B9 #4E38B9

monochromatic

#5B461C #8A6B2A #B98F38 #CFAB5F #DDC38E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#B98F38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.05

#B98F38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B98F38

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B98F38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B98F38	1.00	2.98	7.05	7.05
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A18F2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9827D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b98f38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 143, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.115 82.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2af73',
    500: '#b98f38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b98f38;
$custom-light: #d2af73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b98f38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.465,
    "s": 53.527,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6738,
    "c": 0.11476,
    "h": 82.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B98F38

secondary

#859BC8

accent

#7ADD4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B98F38

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

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