#B97261#B97261

#B97261 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.094 H 34.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B97261
RGB	rgb(185, 114, 97)
HSL	hsl(12, 39%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(12, 48%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.4%, 47.6%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.29, 26.13, 21.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.29, 33.68, 39.12°)
OKLab	oklab(62.44% 0.0778 0.053)
OKLCH	oklch(62.44% 0.094 34.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.1842, 23.2144, 14.3034)
Luminance	0.2321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B97261 #61A8B9

analogous

#B9617C #B97261 #B99E61

triadic

#B97261 #61B972 #7261B9

tetradic

#B97261 #7CB961 #61A8B9 #9E61B9

square

#B97261 #7CB961 #61A8B9 #9E61B9

split-complementary

#B97261 #61B99E #617CB9

monochromatic

#6F3D31 #995444 #B97261 #CC988B #DFBEB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#B97261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#B97261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B97261

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B97261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B97261	1.00	3.72	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#837B60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948A60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8676E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b97261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 114, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.094 34.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d19b8e',
    500: '#b97261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b97261;
$custom-light: #d19b8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b97261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.591,
    "s": 38.596,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62445,
    "c": 0.09415,
    "h": 34.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B97261

secondary

#A9C6CD

accent

#B8CF59

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FAF2F0

border

#D3CCCB

text

#140E0C

muted

#837E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B97261

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

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