#B1997B#B1997B

#B1997B is a light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.051 H 73.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B1997B
RGB	rgb(177, 153, 123)
HSL	hsl(33, 26%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(33, 31%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 30.5%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.61, 4.30, 19.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.61, 19.55, 77.29°)
OKLab	oklab(69.66% 0.0148 0.0484)
OKLCH	oklch(69.66% 0.051 73)
XYZ	xyz(33.0983, 33.5608, 23.4695)
Luminance	0.3356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B1997B #7B93B1

analogous

#B17E7B #B1997B #AEB17B

triadic

#B1997B #7BB199 #997BB1

tetradic

#B1997B #7BB17E #7B93B1 #B17BAE

square

#B1997B #7BB17E #7B93B1 #B17BAE

split-complementary

#B1997B #7BAEB1 #7E7BB1

monochromatic

#705B42 #967B59 #B1997B #C8B7A1 #DED4C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#B1997B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#B1997B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B1997B

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B1997B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B1997B	1.00	2.72	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29979

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89F7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA9391

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b1997b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 153, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.051 73.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9b7a1',
    500: '#b1997b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b1997b;
$custom-light: #c9b7a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b1997b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.333,
    "s": 25.714,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69658,
    "c": 0.05059,
    "h": 73
  },
  "luminance": 0.3356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B1997B

secondary

#B9C3CF

accent

#8FC266

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F6F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#13110F

muted

#82807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B1997B

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

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