#B97438#B97438

#B97438 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.115 H 59.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B97438
RGB	rgb(185, 116, 56)
HSL	hsl(28, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(28, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.3%, 69.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.17, 21.80, 43.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.17, 48.60, 63.35°)
OKLab	oklab(62.16% 0.059 0.0985)
OKLCH	oklch(62.16% 0.115 59.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.9689, 23.0932, 6.7777)
Luminance	0.2309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B97438 #387DB9

analogous

#B9383D #B97438 #B9B538

triadic

#B97438 #38B974 #7438B9

tetradic

#B97438 #3DB938 #387DB9 #B538B9

square

#B97438 #3DB938 #387DB9 #B538B9

split-complementary

#B97438 #38B9B5 #383DB9

monochromatic

#5B391C #8A572A #B97438 #CF935F #DDB38E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#B97438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#B97438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B97438

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B97438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B97438	1.00	3.74	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#897B32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998A38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA6567

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b97438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 116, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.115 59.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d39c71',
    500: '#b97438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b97438;
$custom-light: #d39c71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b97438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.907,
    "s": 53.527,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62158,
    "c": 0.11483,
    "h": 59.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B97438

secondary

#85A9C8

accent

#99DD4B

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF2EC

border

#D4CCC7

text

#150E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B97438

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

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