#B97E38#B97E38

#B97E38 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.112 H 67.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B97E38
RGB	rgb(185, 126, 56)
HSL	hsl(33, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(33, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.9%, 69.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.58, 16.25, 46.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.58, 48.84, 70.56°)
OKLab	oklab(64.03% 0.0425 0.1041)
OKLCH	oklch(64.03% 0.112 67.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.1842, 25.5240, 7.1829)
Luminance	0.2552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B97E38 #3873B9

analogous

#B93D38 #B97E38 #B4B938

triadic

#B97E38 #38B97E #7E38B9

tetradic

#B97E38 #38B93D #3873B9 #B938B4

square

#B97E38 #38B93D #3873B9 #B938B4

split-complementary

#B97E38 #38B4B9 #3D38B9

monochromatic

#5B3E1C #8A5E2A #B97E38 #CF9C5F #DDB98E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#B97E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#B97E38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B97E38

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B97E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B97E38	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)

#928230

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9039

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9706F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b97e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 126, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.112 67.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a372',
    500: '#b97e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b97e38;
$custom-light: #d3a372;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b97e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.558,
    "s": 53.527,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64032,
    "c": 0.11247,
    "h": 67.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B97E38

secondary

#85A4C8

accent

#8EDD4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF3ED

border

#D4CDC8

text

#150F08

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B97E38

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

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