#B97738#B97738

#B97738 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.114 H 61.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B97738
RGB	rgb(185, 119, 56)
HSL	hsl(29, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(29, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.7%, 69.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.88, 20.14, 44.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.88, 48.59, 65.51°)
OKLab	oklab(62.71% 0.054 0.1002)
OKLCH	oklch(62.71% 0.114 61.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.3203, 23.7960, 6.8949)
Luminance	0.2379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B97738 #387AB9

analogous

#B9383A #B97738 #B9B738

triadic

#B97738 #38B977 #7738B9

tetradic

#B97738 #3AB938 #387AB9 #B738B9

square

#B97738 #3AB938 #387AB9 #B738B9

split-complementary

#B97738 #38B9B7 #383AB9

monochromatic

#5B3B1C #8A592A #B97738 #CF965F #DDB58E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#B97738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#B97738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B97738

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B97738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B97738	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)

#8B7D31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA6869

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b97738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 119, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.114 61.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d39e71',
    500: '#b97738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b97738;
$custom-light: #d39e71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b97738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.302,
    "s": 53.527,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62711,
    "c": 0.11384,
    "h": 61.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B97738

secondary

#85A7C8

accent

#96DD4B

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2ED

border

#D4CCC8

text

#150E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B97738

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

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