#B97159#B97159

#B97159 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.098 H 39.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B97159
RGB	rgb(185, 113, 89)
HSL	hsl(15, 41%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(15, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.9%, 51.9%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.92, 25.90, 25.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.92, 36.22, 44.36°)
OKLab	oklab(62.11% 0.0763 0.0621)
OKLCH	oklch(62.11% 0.098 39.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.7176, 22.8483, 12.3996)
Luminance	0.2285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B97159 #59A1B9

analogous

#B95971 #B97159 #B9A159

triadic

#B97159 #59B971 #7159B9

tetradic

#B97159 #71B959 #59A1B9 #A159B9

square

#B97159 #71B959 #59A1B9 #A159B9

split-complementary

#B97159 #59B9A1 #5971B9

monochromatic

#6B3C2D #96553F #B97159 #CB9684 #DDBBAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#B97159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#B97159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B97159

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B97159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B97159	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#837A57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948958

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8656B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b97159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 113, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.098 39.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d19a88',
    500: '#b97159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b97159;
$custom-light: #d19a88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b97159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 113,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15,
    "s": 40.678,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62108,
    "c": 0.09835,
    "h": 39.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B97159

secondary

#A2C1CB

accent

#B2D157

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FAF2EF

border

#D3CCCA

text

#140E0B

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B97159

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

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