#B97836#B97836

#B97836 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.115 H 63.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B97836
RGB	rgb(185, 120, 54)
HSL	hsl(30, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(30, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.1%, 70.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.10, 19.47, 45.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.10, 49.43, 66.80°)
OKLab	oklab(62.88% 0.0517 0.1024)
OKLCH	oklch(62.88% 0.115 63.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.3920, 24.0161, 6.6823)
Luminance	0.2401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B97836 #3677B9

analogous

#B93636 #B97836 #B9B936

triadic

#B97836 #36B978 #7836B9

tetradic

#B97836 #36B936 #3677B9 #B936B9

square

#B97836 #36B936 #3677B9 #B936B9

split-complementary

#B97836 #36B9B9 #3636B9

monochromatic

#5A3B1A #8A5928 #B97836 #D0975D #DDB58C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#B97836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#B97836 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B97836

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B97836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B97836	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)

#8C7E2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA696A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b97836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 120, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.115 63.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d39f70',
    500: '#b97836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b97836;
$custom-light: #d39f70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b97836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.229,
    "s": 54.812,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62877,
    "c": 0.11475,
    "h": 63.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B97836

secondary

#83A5C8

accent

#93DE4A

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF2EC

border

#D4CCC7

text

#150E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B97836

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

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