#B97938#B97938

#B97938 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.113 H 63.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B97938
RGB	rgb(185, 121, 56)
HSL	hsl(30, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(30, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.6%, 69.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.36, 19.03, 44.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.36, 48.62, 66.96°)
OKLab	oklab(63.09% 0.0507 0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(63.09% 0.113 63.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.5608, 24.2771, 6.9751)
Luminance	0.2427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B97938 #3878B9

analogous

#B93938 #B97938 #B8B938

triadic

#B97938 #38B979 #7938B9

tetradic

#B97938 #38B939 #3878B9 #B938B8

square

#B97938 #38B939 #3878B9 #B938B8

split-complementary

#B97938 #38B8B9 #3938B9

monochromatic

#5B3C1C #8A5A2A #B97938 #CF985F #DDB68E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#B97938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#B97938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B97938

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B97938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B97938	1.00	3.59	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D7E31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA6B6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b97938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 121, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.113 63.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a071',
    500: '#b97938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b97938;
$custom-light: #d3a071;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b97938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.233,
    "s": 53.527,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63085,
    "c": 0.11331,
    "h": 63.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B97938

secondary

#85A6C8

accent

#93DD4B

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2ED

border

#D4CCC8

text

#150E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B97938

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

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