#B97A38#B97A38

#B97A38 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.113 H 64.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B97A38
RGB	rgb(185, 122, 56)
HSL	hsl(31, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(31, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.1%, 69.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.61, 18.48, 45.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.61, 48.65, 67.68°)
OKLab	oklab(63.27% 0.0491 0.1019)
OKLCH	oklch(63.27% 0.113 64.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.6830, 24.5214, 7.0158)
Luminance	0.2452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B97A38 #3877B9

analogous

#B93A38 #B97A38 #B7B938

triadic

#B97A38 #38B97A #7A38B9

tetradic

#B97A38 #38B93A #3877B9 #B938B7

square

#B97A38 #38B93A #3877B9 #B938B7

split-complementary

#B97A38 #38B7B9 #3A38B9

monochromatic

#5B3C1C #8A5B2A #B97A38 #CF985F #DDB78E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#B97A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#B97A38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B97A38

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B97A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B97A38	1.00	3.56	5.90	5.90
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E7F31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C96C6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b97a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 122, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.113 64.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a072',
    500: '#b97a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b97a38;
$custom-light: #d3a072;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b97a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.698,
    "s": 53.527,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63273,
    "c": 0.11309,
    "h": 64.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B97A38

secondary

#85A6C8

accent

#92DD4B

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2ED

border

#D4CCC8

text

#150E08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B97A38

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

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