#B97359#B97359

#B97359 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.097 H 41.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B97359
RGB	rgb(185, 115, 89)
HSL	hsl(16, 41%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(16, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.8%, 51.9%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.38, 24.80, 25.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.38, 35.88, 46.28°)
OKLab	oklab(62.47% 0.0729 0.0635)
OKLCH	oklch(62.47% 0.097 41.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.9432, 23.2995, 12.4748)
Luminance	0.2330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B97359 #599FB9

analogous

#B9596F #B97359 #B9A359

triadic

#B97359 #59B973 #7359B9

tetradic

#B97359 #6FB959 #599FB9 #A359B9

square

#B97359 #6FB959 #599FB9 #A359B9

split-complementary

#B97359 #59B9A3 #596FB9

monochromatic

#6B3E2D #96573F #B97359 #CB9784 #DDBCAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#B97359 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#B97359 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B97359

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B97359	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B97359	1.00	3.71	5.66	5.66
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#857C57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968A58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8676C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b97359;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 115, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.097 41.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d19c88',
    500: '#b97359',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b97359;
$custom-light: #d19c88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b97359",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.25,
    "s": 40.678,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62465,
    "c": 0.09669,
    "h": 41.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B97359

secondary

#A2C0CB

accent

#B0D157

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FAF2EF

border

#D3CCCA

text

#140E0B

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B97359

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

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