#B97038#B97038

#B97038 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.117 H 55.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B97038
RGB	rgb(185, 112, 56)
HSL	hsl(26, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(26, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.5%, 69.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.23, 24.00, 42.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.23, 48.73, 60.49°)
OKLab	oklab(61.43% 0.0656 0.0963)
OKLCH	oklch(61.43% 0.117 55.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.5177, 22.1908, 6.6273)
Luminance	0.2219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B97038 #3881B9

analogous

#B93840 #B97038 #B9B138

triadic

#B97038 #38B970 #7038B9

tetradic

#B97038 #40B938 #3881B9 #B138B9

square

#B97038 #40B938 #3881B9 #B138B9

split-complementary

#B97038 #38B9B1 #3840B9

monochromatic

#5B371C #8A542A #B97038 #CF905F #DDB18E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#B97038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.44

#B97038 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B97038

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B97038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B97038	1.00	3.86	5.44	5.44
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#857832

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978838

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA6164

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b97038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 112, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.117 55.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d39971',
    500: '#b97038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b97038;
$custom-light: #d39971;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b97038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.047,
    "s": 53.527,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61432,
    "c": 0.11653,
    "h": 55.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B97038

secondary

#85ABC8

accent

#9EDD4B

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF2EC

border

#D4CCC7

text

#150E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B97038

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

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