#B97539#B97539

#B97539 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.114 H 59.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B97539
RGB	rgb(185, 117, 57)
HSL	hsl(28, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(28, 69%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.8%, 69.2%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.42, 21.30, 43.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.42, 48.18, 63.76°)
OKLab	oklab(62.35% 0.0576 0.0982)
OKLCH	oklch(62.35% 0.114 59.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.1094, 23.3349, 6.9465)
Luminance	0.2333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B97539 #397DB9

analogous

#B9393D #B97539 #B9B539

triadic

#B97539 #39B975 #7539B9

tetradic

#B97539 #3DB939 #397DB9 #B539B9

square

#B97539 #3DB939 #397DB9 #B539B9

split-complementary

#B97539 #39B9B5 #393DB9

monochromatic

#5B3A1C #8A572B #B97539 #CE9461 #DDB490

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#B97539 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#B97539 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B97539

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B97539	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B97539	1.00	3.71	5.67	5.67
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A7B33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8B39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA6668

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b97539;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 117, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.114 59.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d39d72',
    500: '#b97539',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b97539;
$custom-light: #d39d72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b97539",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.125,
    "s": 52.893,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62353,
    "c": 0.1139,
    "h": 59.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B97539

secondary

#86A9C8

accent

#98DC4B

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2ED

border

#D4CCC8

text

#150E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B97539

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

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