#B97537#B97537

#B97537 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.115 H 60.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B97537
RGB	rgb(185, 117, 55)
HSL	hsl(29, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(29, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.8%, 70.3%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.40, 21.19, 44.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.40, 49.00, 64.38°)
OKLab	oklab(62.33% 0.057 0.1)
OKLCH	oklch(62.33% 0.115 60.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.0605, 23.3153, 6.6888)
Luminance	0.2331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B97537 #377BB9

analogous

#B9373A #B97537 #B9B637

triadic

#B97537 #37B975 #7537B9

tetradic

#B97537 #3AB937 #377BB9 #B637B9

square

#B97537 #3AB937 #377BB9 #B637B9

split-complementary

#B97537 #37B9B6 #373AB9

monochromatic

#5B391B #8A5729 #B97537 #CF945E #DDB38D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#B97537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#B97537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B97537

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B97537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B97537	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)

#8A7B30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8B38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA6667

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b97537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 117, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.115 60.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d39d71',
    500: '#b97537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b97537;
$custom-light: #d39d71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b97537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.615,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62331,
    "c": 0.11506,
    "h": 60.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B97537

secondary

#84A7C8

accent

#97DE4A

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF2EC

border

#D4CCC7

text

#150E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B97537

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

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