#B97656#B97656

#B97656 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.096 H 46.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B97656
RGB	rgb(185, 118, 86)
HSL	hsl(19, 41%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(19, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.2%, 53.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.03, 22.87, 28.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.03, 36.51, 51.22°)
OKLab	oklab(62.95% 0.0667 0.0691)
OKLCH	oklch(62.95% 0.096 46)
XYZ	xyz(28.1675, 23.9455, 11.9407)
Luminance	0.2394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B97656 #5699B9

analogous

#B95667 #B97656 #B9A756

triadic

#B97656 #56B976 #7656B9

tetradic

#B97656 #67B956 #5699B9 #A756B9

square

#B97656 #67B956 #5699B9 #A756B9

split-complementary

#B97656 #56B9A7 #5667B9

monochromatic

#693F2C #945A3D #B97656 #CB9981 #DDBCAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#B97656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#B97656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B97656

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B97656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B97656	1.00	3.63	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#887E53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988C56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C86A6E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b97656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 118, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.096 46.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d19e86',
    500: '#b97656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b97656;
$custom-light: #d19e86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b97656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 118,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.394,
    "s": 41.423,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62953,
    "c": 0.09605,
    "h": 46
  },
  "luminance": 0.23943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B97656

secondary

#A0BDCB

accent

#AAD157

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FAF2EF

border

#D3CCCA

text

#140E0B

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B97656

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

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