#B97536#B97536

#B97536 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.116 H 60.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B97536
RGB	rgb(185, 117, 54)
HSL	hsl(29, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(29, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.8%, 70.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.39, 21.14, 44.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.39, 49.41, 64.67°)
OKLab	oklab(62.32% 0.0567 0.1008)
OKLCH	oklch(62.32% 0.116 60.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.0368, 23.3058, 6.5639)
Luminance	0.2330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B97536 #367AB9

analogous

#B93638 #B97536 #B9B736

triadic

#B97536 #36B975 #7536B9

tetradic

#B97536 #38B936 #367AB9 #B736B9

square

#B97536 #38B936 #367AB9 #B736B9

split-complementary

#B97536 #36B9B7 #3638B9

monochromatic

#5A391A #8A5728 #B97536 #D0945D #DDB38C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#B97536 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#B97536 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B97536

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B97536	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B97536	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)

#8A7B2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8B37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA6667

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b97536;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 117, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.116 60.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d39d70',
    500: '#b97536',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b97536;
$custom-light: #d39d70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b97536",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.855,
    "s": 54.812,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6232,
    "c": 0.11563,
    "h": 60.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B97536

secondary

#83A7C8

accent

#97DE4A

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF2EC

border

#D4CCC7

text

#150E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B97536

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

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