#B98F40#B98F40

#B98F40 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.109 H 80.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B98F40
RGB	rgb(185, 143, 64)
HSL	hsl(39, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(39, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.7%, 65.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.94, 7.33, 46.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.94, 47.55, 81.14°)
OKLab	oklab(67.46% 0.0174 0.1074)
OKLCH	oklch(67.46% 0.109 80.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.7572, 30.3315, 9.0841)
Luminance	0.3033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B98F40 #406AB9

analogous

#B95340 #B98F40 #A7B940

triadic

#B98F40 #40B98F #8F40B9

tetradic

#B98F40 #40B953 #406AB9 #B940A7

square

#B98F40 #40B953 #406AB9 #B940A7

split-complementary

#B98F40 #40A7B9 #5340B9

monochromatic

#5E4921 #8C6C30 #B98F40 #CCAA6B #DBC498

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#B98F40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.07

#B98F40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B98F40

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B98F40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B98F40	1.00	2.97	7.07	7.07
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08F37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9A43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8837E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b98f40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 143, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.109 80.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2af78',
    500: '#b98f40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b98f40;
$custom-light: #d2af78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b98f40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.174,
    "s": 48.594,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67461,
    "c": 0.10884,
    "h": 80.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B98F40

secondary

#8EA2C7

accent

#7FD850

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF4ED

border

#D3CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B98F40

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

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