#B97436#B97436

#B97436 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.116 H 59.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B97436
RGB	rgb(185, 116, 54)
HSL	hsl(28, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(28, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.3%, 70.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.15, 21.69, 44.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.15, 49.42, 63.97°)
OKLab	oklab(62.14% 0.0583 0.1002)
OKLCH	oklch(62.14% 0.116 59.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.9209, 23.0740, 6.5253)
Luminance	0.2307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B97436 #367BB9

analogous

#B93639 #B97436 #B9B636

triadic

#B97436 #36B974 #7436B9

tetradic

#B97436 #39B936 #367BB9 #B636B9

square

#B97436 #39B936 #367BB9 #B636B9

split-complementary

#B97436 #36B9B6 #3639B9

monochromatic

#5A391A #8A5628 #B97436 #D0935D #DDB38C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#B97436 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#B97436 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B97436

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B97436	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B97436	1.00	3.74	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#897B2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998A36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA6567

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b97436;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 116, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.116 59.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d39c70',
    500: '#b97436',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b97436;
$custom-light: #d39c70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b97436",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.397,
    "s": 54.812,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62136,
    "c": 0.11598,
    "h": 59.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B97436

secondary

#83A7C8

accent

#98DE4A

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF2EC

border

#D4CCC7

text

#150E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B97436

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

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