#B97561#B97561

#B97561 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.091 H 37.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B97561
RGB	rgb(185, 117, 97)
HSL	hsl(14, 39%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(14, 48%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.8%, 47.6%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.99, 24.47, 22.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.99, 33.03, 42.19°)
OKLab	oklab(62.98% 0.0728 0.0552)
OKLCH	oklch(62.98% 0.091 37.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.5281, 23.9023, 14.4181)
Luminance	0.2390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B97561 #61A5B9

analogous

#B96179 #B97561 #B9A161

triadic

#B97561 #61B975 #7561B9

tetradic

#B97561 #79B961 #61A5B9 #A161B9

square

#B97561 #79B961 #61A5B9 #A161B9

split-complementary

#B97561 #61B9A1 #6179B9

monochromatic

#6F3F31 #995744 #B97561 #CC9A8B #DFBFB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#B97561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#B97561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B97561

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B97561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B97561	1.00	3.63	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#867E5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968C60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C76A70

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b97561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 117, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.091 37.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d19d8e',
    500: '#b97561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b97561;
$custom-light: #d19d8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b97561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.636,
    "s": 38.596,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62982,
    "c": 0.09135,
    "h": 37.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B97561

secondary

#A9C5CD

accent

#B4CF59

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FAF2F0

border

#D3CCCB

text

#140E0C

muted

#837E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B97561

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

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