#B97840#B97840

#B97840 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.109 H 59.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B97840
RGB	rgb(185, 120, 64)
HSL	hsl(28, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(28, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.1%, 65.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.21, 20.07, 40.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.21, 45.25, 63.68°)
OKLab	oklab(62.99% 0.055 0.0937)
OKLCH	oklch(62.99% 0.109 59.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.6514, 24.1199, 8.0488)
Luminance	0.2412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B97840 #4081B9

analogous

#B94045 #B97840 #B9B540

triadic

#B97840 #40B978 #7840B9

tetradic

#B97840 #45B940 #4081B9 #B540B9

square

#B97840 #45B940 #4081B9 #B540B9

split-complementary

#B97840 #40B9B5 #4045B9

monochromatic

#5E3D21 #8C5B30 #B97840 #CC976B #DBB798

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#B97840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.82

#B97840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B97840

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B97840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B97840	1.00	3.61	5.82	5.82
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C7E3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8D40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C96A6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b97840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 120, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.109 59.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d29f77',
    500: '#b97840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b97840;
$custom-light: #d29f77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b97840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.769,
    "s": 48.594,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6299,
    "c": 0.10862,
    "h": 59.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B97840

secondary

#8EADC7

accent

#99D850

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2ED

border

#D4CCC8

text

#150E09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B97840

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

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