#B97540#B97540

#B97540 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.110 H 56.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B97540
RGB	rgb(185, 117, 64)
HSL	hsl(26, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(26, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.8%, 65.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.49, 21.73, 39.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.49, 45.29, 61.33°)
OKLab	oklab(62.44% 0.06 0.0919)
OKLCH	oklch(62.44% 0.11 56.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.2963, 23.4096, 7.9304)
Luminance	0.2341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B97540 #4084B9

analogous

#B94048 #B97540 #B9B240

triadic

#B97540 #40B975 #7540B9

tetradic

#B97540 #48B940 #4084B9 #B240B9

square

#B97540 #48B940 #4084B9 #B240B9

split-complementary

#B97540 #40B9B2 #4048B9

monochromatic

#5E3B21 #8C5830 #B97540 #CC956B #DBB698

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#B97540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.68

#B97540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B97540

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B97540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B97540	1.00	3.70	5.68	5.68
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#897C3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998B40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C96769

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b97540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 117, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.110 56.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d29d76',
    500: '#b97540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b97540;
$custom-light: #d29d76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b97540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.281,
    "s": 48.594,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62436,
    "c": 0.10973,
    "h": 56.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B97540

secondary

#8EAEC7

accent

#9CD850

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2ED

border

#D4CCC8

text

#150E09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B97540

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

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