#B97735#B97735

#B97735 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.116 H 62.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B97735
RGB	rgb(185, 119, 53)
HSL	hsl(30, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(30, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.7%, 71.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.85, 19.98, 45.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.85, 49.82, 66.36°)
OKLab	oklab(62.68% 0.0531 0.1027)
OKLCH	oklch(62.68% 0.116 62.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.2491, 23.7675, 6.5200)
Luminance	0.2377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B97735 #3577B9

analogous

#B93535 #B97735 #B9B935

triadic

#B97735 #35B977 #7735B9

tetradic

#B97735 #35B935 #3577B9 #B935B9

square

#B97735 #35B935 #3577B9 #B935B9

split-complementary

#B97735 #35B9B9 #3535B9

monochromatic

#5A3A1A #895827 #B97735 #D0965B #DEB48B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#B97735 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#B97735 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B97735

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B97735	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B97735	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C7D2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA6869

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b97735;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 119, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.116 62.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d39e6f',
    500: '#b97735',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b97735;
$custom-light: #d39e6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b97735",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30,
    "s": 55.462,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6268,
    "c": 0.1156,
    "h": 62.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B97735

secondary

#82A5C8

accent

#94DF49

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF2EC

border

#D4CCC7

text

#150E07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B97735

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

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