#B97E36#B97E36

#B97E36 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.114 H 68.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B97E36
RGB	rgb(185, 126, 54)
HSL	hsl(33, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(33, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.9%, 70.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.56, 16.15, 46.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.56, 49.68, 71.03°)
OKLab	oklab(64.01% 0.0419 0.1057)
OKLCH	oklch(64.01% 0.114 68.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.1363, 25.5048, 6.9304)
Luminance	0.2550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B97E36 #3671B9

analogous

#B93C36 #B97E36 #B3B936

triadic

#B97E36 #36B97E #7E36B9

tetradic

#B97E36 #36B93C #3671B9 #B936B3

square

#B97E36 #36B93C #3671B9 #B936B3

split-complementary

#B97E36 #36B3B9 #3C36B9

monochromatic

#5A3D1A #8A5E28 #B97E36 #D09C5D #DDB98C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#B97E36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#B97E36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B97E36

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B97E36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B97E36	1.00	3.44	6.10	6.10
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92822E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09038

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9706F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b97e36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 126, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.114 68.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a371',
    500: '#b97e36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b97e36;
$custom-light: #d3a371;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b97e36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.977,
    "s": 54.812,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64011,
    "c": 0.11374,
    "h": 68.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B97E36

secondary

#83A2C8

accent

#8DDE4A

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF3EC

border

#D4CDC7

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B97E36

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

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