#B97B37#B97B37

#B97B37 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.114 H 65.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B97B37
RGB	rgb(185, 123, 55)
HSL	hsl(31, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(31, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.5%, 70.3%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.84, 17.86, 45.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.84, 49.10, 68.66°)
OKLab	oklab(63.45% 0.0471 0.1033)
OKLCH	oklch(63.45% 0.114 65.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.7822, 24.7585, 6.9294)
Luminance	0.2476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B97B37 #3775B9

analogous

#B93A37 #B97B37 #B6B937

triadic

#B97B37 #37B97B #7B37B9

tetradic

#B97B37 #37B93A #3775B9 #B937B6

square

#B97B37 #37B93A #3775B9 #B937B6

split-complementary

#B97B37 #37B6B9 #3A37B9

monochromatic

#5B3C1B #8A5C29 #B97B37 #CF995E #DDB78D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#B97B37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.95

#B97B37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B97B37

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B97B37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B97B37	1.00	3.53	5.95	5.95
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F802F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C96D6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b97b37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 123, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.114 65.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a171',
    500: '#b97b37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b97b37;
$custom-light: #d3a171;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b97b37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.385,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63451,
    "c": 0.11351,
    "h": 65.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B97B37

secondary

#84A4C8

accent

#91DE4A

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2ED

border

#D4CCC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B97B37

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

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