#B97542#B97542

#B97542 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.109 H 56.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B97542
RGB	rgb(185, 117, 66)
HSL	hsl(26, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(26, 64%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.8%, 64.3%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.52, 21.86, 38.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.52, 44.46, 60.55°)
OKLab	oklab(62.46% 0.0607 0.09)
OKLCH	oklch(62.46% 0.109 56)
XYZ	xyz(27.3542, 23.4328, 8.2356)
Luminance	0.2343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B97542 #4286B9

analogous

#B9424B #B97542 #B9B142

triadic

#B97542 #42B975 #7542B9

tetradic

#B97542 #4BB942 #4286B9 #B142B9

square

#B97542 #4BB942 #4286B9 #B142B9

split-complementary

#B97542 #42B9B1 #424BB9

monochromatic

#5F3C22 #8C5832 #B97542 #CB956D #DBB69A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#B97542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#B97542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B97542

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B97542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B97542	1.00	3.69	5.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#897C3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998B42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C96769

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b97542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 117, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.109 56.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d29d78',
    500: '#b97542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b97542;
$custom-light: #d29d78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b97542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.714,
    "s": 47.41,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62462,
    "c": 0.10852,
    "h": 56
  },
  "luminance": 0.2343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B97542

secondary

#90AFC7

accent

#9DD751

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2ED

border

#D4CCC8

text

#150E09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B97542

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

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