#B97837#B97837

#B97837 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.114 H 62.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B97837
RGB	rgb(185, 120, 55)
HSL	hsl(30, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(30, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.1%, 70.3%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.11, 19.53, 44.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.11, 49.01, 66.52°)
OKLab	oklab(62.89% 0.0521 0.1016)
OKLCH	oklch(62.89% 0.114 62.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.4157, 24.0256, 6.8072)
Luminance	0.2402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B97837 #3778B9

analogous

#B93737 #B97837 #B9B937

triadic

#B97837 #37B978 #7837B9

tetradic

#B97837 #37B937 #3778B9 #B937B9

square

#B97837 #37B937 #3778B9 #B937B9

split-complementary

#B97837 #37B9B9 #3737B9

monochromatic

#5B3B1B #8A5929 #B97837 #CF975E #DDB58D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#B97837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#B97837 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B97837

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B97837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B97837	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)

#8C7E30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA696A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b97837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 120, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.114 62.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d39f71',
    500: '#b97837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b97837;
$custom-light: #d39f71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b97837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62887,
    "c": 0.11416,
    "h": 62.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B97837

secondary

#84A6C8

accent

#94DE4A

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF2EC

border

#D4CCC7

text

#150E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B97837

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

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