#B97835#B97835

#B97835 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.115 H 63.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B97835
RGB	rgb(185, 120, 53)
HSL	hsl(30, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(30, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.1%, 71.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.09, 19.42, 45.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.09, 49.84, 67.06°)
OKLab	oklab(62.87% 0.0514 0.1032)
OKLCH	oklch(62.87% 0.115 63.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.3687, 24.0068, 6.5599)
Luminance	0.2400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B97835 #3576B9

analogous

#B93635 #B97835 #B8B935

triadic

#B97835 #35B978 #7835B9

tetradic

#B97835 #35B936 #3576B9 #B935B8

square

#B97835 #35B936 #3576B9 #B935B8

split-complementary

#B97835 #35B8B9 #3635B9

monochromatic

#5A3A1A #895927 #B97835 #D0965B #DEB58B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#B97835 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#B97835 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B97835

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B97835	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B97835	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C7D2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA696A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b97835;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 120, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.115 63.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d39f70',
    500: '#b97835',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b97835;
$custom-light: #d39f70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b97835",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.455,
    "s": 55.462,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62866,
    "c": 0.11533,
    "h": 63.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B97835

secondary

#82A4C8

accent

#93DF49

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF2EC

border

#D4CCC7

text

#150E07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B97835

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

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