#B97555#B97555

#B97555 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.097 H 45.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B97555
RGB	rgb(185, 117, 85)
HSL	hsl(19, 42%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(19, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.8%, 54.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.78, 23.33, 28.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.78, 36.99, 50.89°)
OKLab	oklab(62.75% 0.0679 0.0696)
OKLCH	oklch(62.75% 0.097 45.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.0103, 23.6952, 11.6910)
Luminance	0.2369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B97555 #5599B9

analogous

#B95567 #B97555 #B9A755

triadic

#B97555 #55B975 #7555B9

tetradic

#B97555 #67B955 #5599B9 #A755B9

square

#B97555 #67B955 #5599B9 #A755B9

split-complementary

#B97555 #55B9A7 #5567B9

monochromatic

#693F2B #94593D #B97555 #CB9880 #DDBBAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#B97555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#B97555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B97555

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B97555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B97555	1.00	3.66	5.74	5.74
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#877D52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978B55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8696D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b97555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 117, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.097 45.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d19d85',
    500: '#b97555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b97555;
$custom-light: #d19d85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b97555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.2,
    "s": 41.667,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62753,
    "c": 0.09728,
    "h": 45.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B97555

secondary

#9FBDCB

accent

#AAD156

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FAF2EF

border

#D3CCCA

text

#140E0B

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B97555

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

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