#B97638#B97638

#B97638 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.114 H 60.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B97638
RGB	rgb(185, 118, 56)
HSL	hsl(29, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(29, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.2%, 69.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.64, 20.69, 43.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.64, 48.59, 64.79°)
OKLab	oklab(62.53% 0.0557 0.0997)
OKLCH	oklch(62.53% 0.114 60.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.2019, 23.5593, 6.8554)
Luminance	0.2356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B97638 #387BB9

analogous

#B9383B #B97638 #B9B638

triadic

#B97638 #38B976 #7638B9

tetradic

#B97638 #3BB938 #387BB9 #B638B9

square

#B97638 #3BB938 #387BB9 #B638B9

split-complementary

#B97638 #38B9B6 #383BB9

monochromatic

#5B3A1C #8A582A #B97638 #CF955F #DDB48E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#B97638 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#B97638 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B97638

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B97638	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B97638	1.00	3.68	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B7C31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8B39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA6768

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b97638;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 118, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.114 60.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d39d71',
    500: '#b97638',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b97638;
$custom-light: #d39d71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b97638",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 118,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.837,
    "s": 53.527,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62526,
    "c": 0.11415,
    "h": 60.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B97638

secondary

#85A8C8

accent

#97DD4B

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2ED

border

#D4CCC8

text

#150E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B97638

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

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