#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
RGBrgb(185, 121, 56)
HSLhsl(30, 54%, 47%)
HSVhsv(30, 70%, 73%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 34.6%, 69.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LABlab(56.36, 19.03, 44.74)
CIE-LCHlch(56.36, 48.62, 66.96°)
OKLaboklab(63.09% 0.0507 0.1013)
OKLCHoklch(63.09% 0.113 63.4)
XYZxyz(27.5608, 24.2771, 6.9751)
Luminance0.2427 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

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
##B979381.003.595.865.86
#FFFFFF3.591.0021.0021.00
#0000005.8621.001.001.00
##0000005.8621.001.001.00

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

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#B97938 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva