#B97551#B97551

#B97551 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.100 H 48.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B97551
RGB	rgb(185, 117, 81)
HSL	hsl(21, 43%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(21, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.8%, 56.2%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.72, 22.99, 30.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.72, 38.47, 53.31°)
OKLab	oklab(62.69% 0.0664 0.0742)
OKLCH	oklch(62.69% 0.1 48.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.8559, 23.6334, 10.8776)
Luminance	0.2363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B97551 #5195B9

analogous

#B95161 #B97551 #B9A951

triadic

#B97551 #51B975 #7551B9

tetradic

#B97551 #61B951 #5195B9 #A951B9

square

#B97551 #61B951 #5195B9 #A951B9

split-complementary

#B97551 #51B9A9 #5161B9

monochromatic

#663E29 #92593B #B97551 #CB987D #DCBAA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#B97551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#B97551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B97551

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B97551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B97551	1.00	3.67	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#887D4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988B51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8686C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b97551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 117, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.100 48.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d29d82',
    500: '#b97551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b97551;
$custom-light: #d29d82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b97551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.769,
    "s": 42.623,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62685,
    "c": 0.09953,
    "h": 48.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B97551

secondary

#9CBACA

accent

#A7D255

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FAF2EF

border

#D3CCCA

text

#150E0A

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B97551

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

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