#B97256#B97256

#B97256 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.099 H 42.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B97256
RGB	rgb(185, 114, 86)
HSL	hsl(17, 41%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(17, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.4%, 53.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.10, 25.08, 27.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.10, 37.04, 47.39°)
OKLab	oklab(62.23% 0.0734 0.0664)
OKLCH	oklch(62.23% 0.099 42.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.7064, 23.0233, 11.7871)
Luminance	0.2302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B97256 #569DB9

analogous

#B9566B #B97256 #B9A456

triadic

#B97256 #56B972 #7256B9

tetradic

#B97256 #6BB956 #569DB9 #A456B9

square

#B97256 #6BB956 #569DB9 #A456B9

split-complementary

#B97256 #56B9A4 #566BB9

monochromatic

#693D2C #94563D #B97256 #CB9681 #DDBAAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#B97256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#B97256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B97256

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B97256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B97256	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)

#847B54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958A55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8666B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b97256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 114, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.099 42.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d19b86',
    500: '#b97256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b97256;
$custom-light: #d19b86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b97256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.97,
    "s": 41.423,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62231,
    "c": 0.09896,
    "h": 42.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B97256

secondary

#A0BFCB

accent

#AFD157

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FAF2EF

border

#D3CCCA

text

#140E0B

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B97256

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

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