#B97937#B97937

#B97937 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.114 H 63.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B97937
RGB	rgb(185, 121, 55)
HSL	hsl(30, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(30, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.6%, 70.3%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.35, 18.97, 45.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.35, 49.03, 67.23°)
OKLab	oklab(63.07% 0.0504 0.1022)
OKLCH	oklch(63.07% 0.114 63.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.5366, 24.2674, 6.8475)
Luminance	0.2427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B97937 #3777B9

analogous

#B93837 #B97937 #B8B937

triadic

#B97937 #37B979 #7937B9

tetradic

#B97937 #37B938 #3777B9 #B937B8

square

#B97937 #37B938 #3777B9 #B937B8

split-complementary

#B97937 #37B8B9 #3837B9

monochromatic

#5B3B1B #8A5A29 #B97937 #CF975E #DDB68D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#B97937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#B97937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B97937

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B97937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B97937	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)

#8D7E30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA6A6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b97937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 121, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.114 63.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d39f71',
    500: '#b97937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b97937;
$custom-light: #d39f71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b97937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.462,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63074,
    "c": 0.11392,
    "h": 63.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B97937

secondary

#84A5C8

accent

#93DE4A

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF2EC

border

#D4CCC7

text

#150E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B97937

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

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