#B29973#B29973

#B29973 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.060 H 77.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B29973
RGB	rgb(178, 153, 115)
HSL	hsl(36, 29%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(36, 35%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14%, 35.4%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.55, 3.67, 23.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.55, 23.71, 81.11°)
OKLab	oklab(69.58% 0.0126 0.0587)
OKLCH	oklch(69.58% 0.06 77.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.8465, 33.4865, 20.9497)
Luminance	0.3348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B29973 #738CB2

analogous

#B27973 #B29973 #ACB273

triadic

#B29973 #73B299 #9973B2

tetradic

#B29973 #73B279 #738CB2 #B273AC

square

#B29973 #73B279 #738CB2 #B273AC

split-complementary

#B29973 #73ACB2 #7973B2

monochromatic

#6E5A3D #967B52 #B29973 #C8B69A #DDD3C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#B29973 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#B29973 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B29973

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B29973	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B29973	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39970

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99F74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC928F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b29973;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 153, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.060 77.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cab79b',
    500: '#b29973',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b29973;
$custom-light: #cab79b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b29973",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.19,
    "s": 29.032,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69583,
    "c": 0.06003,
    "h": 77.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B29973

secondary

#B4BECD

accent

#8AC562

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F6F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#13110E

muted

#82807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B29973

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

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