#B97B38#B97B38

#B97B38 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.113 H 65.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B97B38
RGB	rgb(185, 123, 56)
HSL	hsl(31, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(31, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.5%, 69.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.85, 17.92, 45.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.85, 48.68, 68.40°)
OKLab	oklab(63.46% 0.0474 0.1024)
OKLCH	oklch(63.46% 0.113 65.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.8064, 24.7682, 7.0569)
Luminance	0.2477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B97B38 #3876B9

analogous

#B93B38 #B97B38 #B6B938

triadic

#B97B38 #38B97B #7B38B9

tetradic

#B97B38 #38B93B #3876B9 #B938B6

square

#B97B38 #38B93B #3876B9 #B938B6

split-complementary

#B97B38 #38B6B9 #3B38B9

monochromatic

#5B3D1C #8A5C2A #B97B38 #CF995F #DDB78E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#B97B38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.95

#B97B38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B97B38

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B97B38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B97B38	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)

#8F8031

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C96D6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b97b38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 123, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.113 65.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a172',
    500: '#b97b38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b97b38;
$custom-light: #d3a172;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b97b38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.163,
    "s": 53.527,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63461,
    "c": 0.11289,
    "h": 65.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B97B38

secondary

#85A5C8

accent

#91DD4B

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2ED

border

#D4CCC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B97B38

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

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