#B97639#B97639

#B97639 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.114 H 60.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B97639
RGB	rgb(185, 118, 57)
HSL	hsl(29, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(29, 69%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.2%, 69.2%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.65, 20.75, 43.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.65, 48.17, 64.49°)
OKLab	oklab(62.54% 0.056 0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(62.54% 0.114 60.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.2266, 23.5691, 6.9855)
Luminance	0.2357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B97639 #397CB9

analogous

#B9393C #B97639 #B9B639

triadic

#B97639 #39B976 #7639B9

tetradic

#B97639 #3CB939 #397CB9 #B639B9

square

#B97639 #3CB939 #397CB9 #B639B9

split-complementary

#B97639 #39B9B6 #393CB9

monochromatic

#5B3A1C #8A582B #B97639 #CE9561 #DDB490

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#B97639 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#B97639 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B97639

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B97639	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B97639	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)

#8B7C32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8B3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA6769

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b97639;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 118, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.114 60.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d39d72',
    500: '#b97639',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b97639;
$custom-light: #d39d72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b97639",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 118,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.594,
    "s": 52.893,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62537,
    "c": 0.11356,
    "h": 60.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B97639

secondary

#86A8C8

accent

#97DC4B

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2ED

border

#D4CCC8

text

#150E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B97639

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

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