#B97253#B97253

#B97253 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.100 H 44.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B97253
RGB	rgb(185, 114, 83)
HSL	hsl(18, 42%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(18, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.4%, 55.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.05, 24.81, 28.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.05, 38.08, 49.34°)
OKLab	oklab(62.18% 0.0722 0.0699)
OKLCH	oklch(62.18% 0.1 44.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.5880, 22.9760, 11.1638)
Luminance	0.2297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B97253 #539AB9

analogous

#B95367 #B97253 #B9A553

triadic

#B97253 #53B972 #7253B9

tetradic

#B97253 #67B953 #539AB9 #A553B9

square

#B97253 #67B953 #539AB9 #A553B9

split-complementary

#B97253 #53B9A5 #5367B9

monochromatic

#673D2A #93563C #B97253 #CB967E #DCB9AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#B97253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#B97253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B97253

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B97253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B97253	1.00	3.75	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#857B50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968A52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8656A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b97253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 114, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.100 44.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d29b84',
    500: '#b97253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b97253;
$custom-light: #d29b84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b97253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.235,
    "s": 42.149,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62177,
    "c": 0.10047,
    "h": 44.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B97253

secondary

#9EBDCA

accent

#ACD256

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FAF2EF

border

#D3CCCA

text

#150E0B

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B97253

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

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