#B97838#B97838

#B97838 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.114 H 62.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B97838
RGB	rgb(185, 120, 56)
HSL	hsl(30, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(30, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.1%, 69.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.12, 19.58, 44.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.12, 48.60, 66.24°)
OKLab	oklab(62.9% 0.0524 0.1008)
OKLCH	oklch(62.9% 0.114 62.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.4399, 24.0353, 6.9348)
Luminance	0.2403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B97838 #3879B9

analogous

#B93839 #B97838 #B9B838

triadic

#B97838 #38B978 #7838B9

tetradic

#B97838 #39B938 #3879B9 #B838B9

square

#B97838 #39B938 #3879B9 #B838B9

split-complementary

#B97838 #38B9B8 #3839B9

monochromatic

#5B3B1C #8A5A2A #B97838 #CF975F #DDB58E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#B97838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#B97838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B97838

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B97838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B97838	1.00	3.62	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C7E31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA696A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b97838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 120, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.114 62.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d39f71',
    500: '#b97838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b97838;
$custom-light: #d39f71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b97838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.767,
    "s": 53.527,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62898,
    "c": 0.11357,
    "h": 62.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B97838

secondary

#85A7C8

accent

#94DD4B

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2ED

border

#D4CCC8

text

#150E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B97838

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

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