#B97737#B97737

#B97737 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.114 H 62.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B97737
RGB	rgb(185, 119, 55)
HSL	hsl(30, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(30, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.7%, 70.3%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.87, 20.08, 44.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.87, 49.00, 65.80°)
OKLab	oklab(62.7% 0.0537 0.1011)
OKLCH	oklch(62.7% 0.114 62)
XYZ	xyz(27.2961, 23.7863, 6.7674)
Luminance	0.2378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B97737 #3779B9

analogous

#B93738 #B97737 #B9B837

triadic

#B97737 #37B977 #7737B9

tetradic

#B97737 #38B937 #3779B9 #B837B9

square

#B97737 #38B937 #3779B9 #B837B9

split-complementary

#B97737 #37B9B8 #3738B9

monochromatic

#5B3A1B #8A5929 #B97737 #CF965E #DDB58D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#B97737 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#B97737 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B97737

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B97737	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B97737	1.00	3.65	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C7D30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA6869

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b97737;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 119, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.114 62.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d39e71',
    500: '#b97737',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b97737;
$custom-light: #d39e71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b97737",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.538,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62701,
    "c": 0.11443,
    "h": 62
  },
  "luminance": 0.23784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B97737

secondary

#84A6C8

accent

#95DE4A

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF2EC

border

#D4CCC7

text

#150E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B97737

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

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