#B97442#B97442

#B97442 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.109 H 55.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B97442
RGB	rgb(185, 116, 66)
HSL	hsl(25, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(25, 64%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.3%, 64.3%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.28, 22.41, 38.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.28, 44.50, 59.76°)
OKLab	oklab(62.28% 0.0624 0.0894)
OKLCH	oklch(62.28% 0.109 55.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.2383, 23.2010, 8.1969)
Luminance	0.2320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B97442 #4287B9

analogous

#B9424C #B97442 #B9B042

triadic

#B97442 #42B974 #7442B9

tetradic

#B97442 #4CB942 #4287B9 #B042B9

square

#B97442 #4CB942 #4287B9 #B042B9

split-complementary

#B97442 #42B9B0 #424CB9

monochromatic

#5F3B22 #8C5832 #B97442 #CB956D #DBB69A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#B97442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#B97442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B97442

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B97442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B97442	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)

#887B3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988A42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C96668

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b97442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 116, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.109 55.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d29c78',
    500: '#b97442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b97442;
$custom-light: #d29c78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b97442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.21,
    "s": 47.41,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62279,
    "c": 0.10897,
    "h": 55.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B97442

secondary

#90B0C7

accent

#9FD751

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2ED

border

#D4CCC8

text

#150E09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B97442

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

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