#B97138#B97138

#B97138 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.116 H 56.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B97138
RGB	rgb(185, 113, 56)
HSL	hsl(27, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(27, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.9%, 69.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.46, 23.45, 42.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.46, 48.69, 61.20°)
OKLab	oklab(61.61% 0.0639 0.0969)
OKLCH	oklch(61.61% 0.116 56.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.6286, 22.4127, 6.6643)
Luminance	0.2241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B97138 #3880B9

analogous

#B9383F #B97138 #B9B238

triadic

#B97138 #38B971 #7138B9

tetradic

#B97138 #3FB938 #3880B9 #B238B9

square

#B97138 #3FB938 #3880B9 #B238B9

split-complementary

#B97138 #38B9B2 #383FB9

monochromatic

#5B381C #8A542A #B97138 #CF915F #DDB18E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#B97138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48

#B97138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B97138

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B97138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B97138	1.00	3.83	5.48	5.48
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#867832

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978938

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA6264

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b97138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 113, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.116 56.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d39a71',
    500: '#b97138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b97138;
$custom-light: #d39a71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b97138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 113,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.512,
    "s": 53.527,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61612,
    "c": 0.11607,
    "h": 56.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B97138

secondary

#85AAC8

accent

#9CDD4B

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF2EC

border

#D4CCC7

text

#150E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B97138

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

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