#B97255#B97255

#B97255 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.099 H 42.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B97255
RGB	rgb(185, 114, 85)
HSL	hsl(17, 42%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(17, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.4%, 54.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.08, 24.99, 27.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.08, 37.38, 48.05°)
OKLab	oklab(62.21% 0.073 0.0676)
OKLCH	oklch(62.21% 0.099 42.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.6664, 23.0073, 11.5763)
Luminance	0.2301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B97255 #559CB9

analogous

#B9556A #B97255 #B9A455

triadic

#B97255 #55B972 #7255B9

tetradic

#B97255 #6AB955 #559CB9 #A455B9

square

#B97255 #6AB955 #559CB9 #A455B9

split-complementary

#B97255 #55B9A4 #556AB9

monochromatic

#693D2B #94563D #B97255 #CB9680 #DDBAAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#B97255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#B97255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B97255

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B97255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B97255	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#847B53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958A54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8666B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b97255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 114, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.099 42.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d19b85',
    500: '#b97255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b97255;
$custom-light: #d19b85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b97255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.4,
    "s": 41.667,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62213,
    "c": 0.09944,
    "h": 42.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B97255

secondary

#9FBECB

accent

#AED156

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FAF2EF

border

#D3CCCA

text

#140E0B

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B97255

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

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