#B97736#B97736

#B97736 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.115 H 62.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B97736
RGB	rgb(185, 119, 54)
HSL	hsl(30, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(30, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.7%, 70.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.86, 20.03, 45.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.86, 49.41, 66.09°)
OKLab	oklab(62.69% 0.0534 0.1019)
OKLCH	oklch(62.69% 0.115 62.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.2723, 23.7768, 6.6424)
Luminance	0.2377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B97736 #3678B9

analogous

#B93636 #B97736 #B9B936

triadic

#B97736 #36B977 #7736B9

tetradic

#B97736 #36B936 #3678B9 #B936B9

square

#B97736 #36B936 #3678B9 #B936B9

split-complementary

#B97736 #36B9B9 #3636B9

monochromatic

#5A3A1A #8A5928 #B97736 #D0965D #DDB48C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#B97736 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#B97736 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B97736

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B97736	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B97736	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)

#8C7D2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA6869

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b97736;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 119, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.115 62.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d39e70',
    500: '#b97736',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b97736;
$custom-light: #d39e70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b97736",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.771,
    "s": 54.812,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6269,
    "c": 0.11502,
    "h": 62.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B97736

secondary

#83A6C8

accent

#94DE4A

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF2EC

border

#D4CCC7

text

#150E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B97736

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

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