#B97739#B97739

#B97739 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.113 H 61.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B97739
RGB	rgb(185, 119, 57)
HSL	hsl(29, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(29, 69%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.7%, 69.2%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.89, 20.19, 43.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.89, 48.17, 65.22°)
OKLab	oklab(62.72% 0.0543 0.0994)
OKLCH	oklch(62.72% 0.113 61.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.3450, 23.8059, 7.0250)
Luminance	0.2380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B97739 #397BB9

analogous

#B9393B #B97739 #B9B739

triadic

#B97739 #39B977 #7739B9

tetradic

#B97739 #3BB939 #397BB9 #B739B9

square

#B97739 #3BB939 #397BB9 #B739B9

split-complementary

#B97739 #39B9B7 #393BB9

monochromatic

#5B3B1C #8A592B #B97739 #CE9661 #DDB590

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#B97739 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#B97739 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B97739

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B97739	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B97739	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)

#8B7D32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA6869

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b97739;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 119, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.113 61.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d39e72',
    500: '#b97739',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b97739;
$custom-light: #d39e72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b97739",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.063,
    "s": 52.893,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62722,
    "c": 0.11325,
    "h": 61.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B97739

secondary

#86A8C8

accent

#96DC4B

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2ED

border

#D4CCC8

text

#150E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B97739

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

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