#B97936#B97936

#B97936 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.115 H 64.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B97936
RGB	rgb(185, 121, 54)
HSL	hsl(31, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(31, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.6%, 70.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.35, 18.92, 45.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.35, 49.45, 67.50°)
OKLab	oklab(63.06% 0.0501 0.103)
OKLCH	oklch(63.06% 0.115 64.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.5129, 24.2579, 6.7226)
Luminance	0.2425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B97936 #3676B9

analogous

#B93736 #B97936 #B8B936

triadic

#B97936 #36B979 #7936B9

tetradic

#B97936 #36B937 #3676B9 #B936B8

square

#B97936 #36B937 #3676B9 #B936B8

split-complementary

#B97936 #36B8B9 #3736B9

monochromatic

#5A3B1A #8A5A28 #B97936 #D0975D #DDB68C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#B97936 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#B97936 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B97936

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B97936	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B97936	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D7E2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA6A6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b97936;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 121, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.115 64.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d39f70',
    500: '#b97936',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b97936;
$custom-light: #d39f70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b97936",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.687,
    "s": 54.812,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63064,
    "c": 0.11451,
    "h": 64.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B97936

secondary

#83A5C8

accent

#92DE4A

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF2EC

border

#D4CCC7

text

#150E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B97936

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

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