#B97553#B97553

#B97553 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.098 H 47.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B97553
RGB	rgb(185, 117, 83)
HSL	hsl(20, 42%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(20, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.8%, 55.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.75, 23.16, 29.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.75, 37.72, 52.13°)
OKLab	oklab(62.72% 0.0672 0.0719)
OKLCH	oklch(62.72% 0.098 47)
XYZ	xyz(27.9320, 23.6639, 11.2784)
Luminance	0.2366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B97553 #5397B9

analogous

#B95364 #B97553 #B9A853

triadic

#B97553 #53B975 #7553B9

tetradic

#B97553 #64B953 #5397B9 #A853B9

square

#B97553 #64B953 #5397B9 #A853B9

split-complementary

#B97553 #53B9A8 #5364B9

monochromatic

#673F2A #93593C #B97553 #CB987E #DCBBAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#B97553 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#B97553 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B97553

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B97553	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B97553	1.00	3.66	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.66	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)

#877D50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978B53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8696D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b97553;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 117, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.098 47.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d19d84',
    500: '#b97553',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b97553;
$custom-light: #d19d84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b97553",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20,
    "s": 42.149,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62719,
    "c": 0.0984,
    "h": 47
  },
  "luminance": 0.23661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B97553

secondary

#9EBBCA

accent

#A9D256

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FAF2EF

border

#D3CCCA

text

#140E0B

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B97553

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

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