#B97357#B97357

#B97357 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.098 H 42.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B97357
RGB	rgb(185, 115, 87)
HSL	hsl(17, 41%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(17, 53%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.8%, 53%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.35, 24.61, 27.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.35, 36.55, 47.67°)
OKLab	oklab(62.43% 0.0721 0.0659)
OKLCH	oklch(62.43% 0.098 42.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.8603, 23.2664, 12.0385)
Luminance	0.2326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B97357 #579DB9

analogous

#B9576C #B97357 #B9A457

triadic

#B97357 #57B973 #7357B9

tetradic

#B97357 #6CB957 #579DB9 #A457B9

square

#B97357 #6CB957 #579DB9 #A457B9

split-complementary

#B97357 #57B9A4 #576CB9

monochromatic

#6A3E2C #95573E #B97357 #CB9782 #DDBBAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#B97357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#B97357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B97357

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B97357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B97357	1.00	3.71	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#857B55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968A56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8676C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b97357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 115, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.098 42.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d19c86',
    500: '#b97357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b97357;
$custom-light: #d19c86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b97357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.143,
    "s": 41.176,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62428,
    "c": 0.09767,
    "h": 42.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B97357

secondary

#A1BFCB

accent

#AED157

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FAF2EF

border

#D3CCCA

text

#140E0B

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B97357

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

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