#B97556#B97556

#B97556 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.097 H 45.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B97556
RGB	rgb(185, 117, 86)
HSL	hsl(19, 41%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(19, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.8%, 53.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.80, 23.42, 28.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.80, 36.63, 50.25°)
OKLab	oklab(62.77% 0.0683 0.0685)
OKLCH	oklch(62.77% 0.097 45)
XYZ	xyz(28.0503, 23.7112, 11.9017)
Luminance	0.2371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B97556 #569AB9

analogous

#B95668 #B97556 #B9A756

triadic

#B97556 #56B975 #7556B9

tetradic

#B97556 #68B956 #569AB9 #A756B9

square

#B97556 #68B956 #569AB9 #A756B9

split-complementary

#B97556 #56B9A7 #5668B9

monochromatic

#693F2C #94593D #B97556 #CB9881 #DDBCAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#B97556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#B97556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B97556

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B97556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B97556	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)

#877D53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978B56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8696D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b97556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 117, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.097 45.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d19d86',
    500: '#b97556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b97556;
$custom-light: #d19d86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b97556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.788,
    "s": 41.423,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62771,
    "c": 0.09673,
    "h": 45
  },
  "luminance": 0.23709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B97556

secondary

#A0BDCB

accent

#ABD157

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FAF2EF

border

#D3CCCA

text

#140E0B

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B97556

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

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