#B97535#B97535

#B97535 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.116 H 61.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B97535
RGB	rgb(185, 117, 53)
HSL	hsl(29, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(29, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.8%, 71.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.38, 21.08, 45.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.38, 49.81, 64.96°)
OKLab	oklab(62.31% 0.0564 0.1016)
OKLCH	oklch(62.31% 0.116 61)
XYZ	xyz(27.0136, 23.2965, 6.4415)
Luminance	0.2329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B97535 #3579B9

analogous

#B93537 #B97535 #B9B735

triadic

#B97535 #35B975 #7535B9

tetradic

#B97535 #37B935 #3579B9 #B735B9

square

#B97535 #37B935 #3579B9 #B735B9

split-complementary

#B97535 #35B9B7 #3537B9

monochromatic

#5A391A #895727 #B97535 #D0945B #DEB38B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#B97535 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#B97535 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B97535

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B97535	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B97535	1.00	3.71	5.66	5.66
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A7B2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8B36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA6667

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b97535;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 117, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.116 61.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d39d6f',
    500: '#b97535',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b97535;
$custom-light: #d39d6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b97535",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.091,
    "s": 55.462,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6231,
    "c": 0.11619,
    "h": 61
  },
  "luminance": 0.23294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B97535

secondary

#82A6C8

accent

#96DF49

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF2EC

border

#D4CCC7

text

#150E07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B97535

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

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