#B97538#B97538

#B97538 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.114 H 60.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B97538
RGB	rgb(185, 117, 56)
HSL	hsl(28, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(28, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.8%, 69.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.41, 21.24, 43.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.41, 48.59, 64.07°)
OKLab	oklab(62.34% 0.0573 0.0991)
OKLCH	oklch(62.34% 0.114 60)
XYZ	xyz(27.0847, 23.3250, 6.8164)
Luminance	0.2332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B97538 #387CB9

analogous

#B9383C #B97538 #B9B638

triadic

#B97538 #38B975 #7538B9

tetradic

#B97538 #3CB938 #387CB9 #B638B9

square

#B97538 #3CB938 #387CB9 #B638B9

split-complementary

#B97538 #38B9B6 #383CB9

monochromatic

#5B3A1C #8A572A #B97538 #CF945F #DDB48E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#B97538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#B97538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B97538

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B97538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B97538	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)

#8A7B31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8B38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA6668

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b97538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 117, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.114 60.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d39d71',
    500: '#b97538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b97538;
$custom-light: #d39d71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b97538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.372,
    "s": 53.527,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62342,
    "c": 0.11448,
    "h": 60
  },
  "luminance": 0.23322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B97538

secondary

#85A8C8

accent

#98DD4B

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF2EC

border

#D4CCC7

text

#150E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B97538

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

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