#B97C38#B97C38

#B97C38 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.113 H 66.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B97C38
RGB	rgb(185, 124, 56)
HSL	hsl(32, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(32, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33%, 69.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.09, 17.37, 45.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.09, 48.73, 69.12°)
OKLab	oklab(63.65% 0.0458 0.103)
OKLCH	oklch(63.65% 0.113 66)
XYZ	xyz(27.9311, 25.0176, 7.0985)
Luminance	0.2501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B97C38 #3875B9

analogous

#B93C38 #B97C38 #B6B938

triadic

#B97C38 #38B97C #7C38B9

tetradic

#B97C38 #38B93C #3875B9 #B938B6

square

#B97C38 #38B93C #3875B9 #B938B6

split-complementary

#B97C38 #38B6B9 #3C38B9

monochromatic

#5B3D1C #8A5D2A #B97C38 #CF9A5F #DDB88E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#B97C38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#B97C38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B97C38

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B97C38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B97C38	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#908130

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C96E6D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b97c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 124, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.113 66.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a272',
    500: '#b97c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b97c38;
$custom-light: #d3a272;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b97c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.628,
    "s": 53.527,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63651,
    "c": 0.11272,
    "h": 66
  },
  "luminance": 0.25015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B97C38

secondary

#85A5C8

accent

#90DD4B

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2ED

border

#D4CCC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B97C38

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

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