#B97157#B97157

#B97157 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.099 H 40.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B97157
RGB	rgb(185, 113, 87)
HSL	hsl(16, 41%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(16, 53%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.9%, 53%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.88, 25.72, 26.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.88, 36.87, 45.77°)
OKLab	oklab(62.07% 0.0754 0.0645)
OKLCH	oklch(62.07% 0.099 40.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.6348, 22.8152, 11.9633)
Luminance	0.2281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B97157 #579FB9

analogous

#B9576E #B97157 #B9A257

triadic

#B97157 #57B971 #7157B9

tetradic

#B97157 #6EB957 #579FB9 #A257B9

square

#B97157 #6EB957 #579FB9 #A257B9

split-complementary

#B97157 #57B9A2 #576EB9

monochromatic

#6A3C2C #95553E #B97157 #CB9682 #DDBAAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#B97157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#B97157 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B97157

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B97157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B97157	1.00	3.78	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#837A55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958956

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8656A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b97157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 113, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.099 40.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d19a86',
    500: '#b97157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b97157;
$custom-light: #d19a86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b97157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 113,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.918,
    "s": 41.176,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62071,
    "c": 0.09927,
    "h": 40.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B97157

secondary

#A1C0CB

accent

#B1D157

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FAF2EF

border

#D3CCCA

text

#140E0B

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B97157

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

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