#B97D38#B97D38

#B97D38 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.113 H 66.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B97D38
RGB	rgb(185, 125, 56)
HSL	hsl(32, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(32, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.4%, 69.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.34, 16.81, 45.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.34, 48.78, 69.84°)
OKLab	oklab(63.84% 0.0441 0.1036)
OKLCH	oklch(63.84% 0.113 66.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.0570, 25.2695, 7.1405)
Luminance	0.2527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B97D38 #3874B9

analogous

#B93D38 #B97D38 #B5B938

triadic

#B97D38 #38B97D #7D38B9

tetradic

#B97D38 #38B93D #3874B9 #B938B5

square

#B97D38 #38B93D #3874B9 #B938B5

split-complementary

#B97D38 #38B5B9 #3D38B9

monochromatic

#5B3E1C #8A5D2A #B97D38 #CF9B5F #DDB88E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#B97D38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#B97D38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B97D38

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B97D38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B97D38	1.00	3.47	6.05	6.05
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#918130

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C96F6E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b97d38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 125, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.113 66.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a272',
    500: '#b97d38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b97d38;
$custom-light: #d3a272;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b97d38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.093,
    "s": 53.527,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63841,
    "c": 0.11258,
    "h": 66.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B97D38

secondary

#85A4C8

accent

#8FDD4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF3ED

border

#D4CDC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B97D38

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

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