#B39973#B39973

#B39973 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.061 H 76.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B39973
RGB	rgb(179, 153, 115)
HSL	hsl(36, 30%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(36, 36%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.5%, 35.8%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.65, 4.07, 23.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.65, 23.92, 80.19°)
OKLab	oklab(69.68% 0.0137 0.059)
OKLCH	oklch(69.68% 0.061 76.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.0769, 33.6053, 20.9605)
Luminance	0.3360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B39973 #738DB3

analogous

#B37973 #B39973 #ADB373

triadic

#B39973 #73B399 #9973B3

tetradic

#B39973 #73B379 #738DB3 #B373AD

square

#B39973 #73B379 #738DB3 #B373AD

split-complementary

#B39973 #73ADB3 #7973B3

monochromatic

#6F5B3C #977B52 #B39973 #C9B69B #DED3C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#B39973 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#B39973 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B39973

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B39973	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B39973	1.00	2.72	7.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49970

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9F74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD928F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b39973;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(179, 153, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.061 76.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cbb79b',
    500: '#b39973',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b39973;
$custom-light: #cbb79b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b39973",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 179,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.625,
    "s": 29.63,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6968,
    "c": 0.06061,
    "h": 76.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B39973

secondary

#B4BECE

accent

#8BC662

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F9F6F2

border

#D2D0CC

text

#13110E

muted

#82807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B39973

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

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