#B97237#B97237

#B97237 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.116 H 57.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B97237
RGB	rgb(185, 114, 55)
HSL	hsl(27, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(27, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.4%, 70.3%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.69, 22.85, 43.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.69, 49.06, 62.24°)
OKLab	oklab(61.78% 0.0619 0.0983)
OKLCH	oklch(61.78% 0.116 57.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.7166, 22.6274, 6.5742)
Luminance	0.2263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B97237 #377EB9

analogous

#B9373D #B97237 #B9B337

triadic

#B97237 #37B972 #7237B9

tetradic

#B97237 #3DB937 #377EB9 #B337B9

square

#B97237 #3DB937 #377EB9 #B337B9

split-complementary

#B97237 #37B9B3 #373DB9

monochromatic

#5B381B #8A5529 #B97237 #CF915E #DDB28D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#B97237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.53

#B97237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B97237

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B97237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B97237	1.00	3.80	5.53	5.53
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#877931

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988937

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA6365

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b97237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 114, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.116 57.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d39b70',
    500: '#b97237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b97237;
$custom-light: #d39b70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b97237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.231,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61782,
    "c": 0.11619,
    "h": 57.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B97237

secondary

#84A9C8

accent

#9BDE4A

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF2EC

border

#D4CCC7

text

#150E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B97237

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

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