#B97657#B97657

#B97657 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.096 H 45.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B97657
RGB	rgb(185, 118, 87)
HSL	hsl(19, 41%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(19, 53%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.2%, 53%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.05, 22.96, 27.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.05, 36.15, 50.58°)
OKLab	oklab(62.97% 0.0671 0.068)
OKLCH	oklch(62.97% 0.096 45.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.2080, 23.9617, 12.1544)
Luminance	0.2396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B97657 #579AB9

analogous

#B95769 #B97657 #B9A757

triadic

#B97657 #57B976 #7657B9

tetradic

#B97657 #69B957 #579AB9 #A757B9

square

#B97657 #69B957 #579AB9 #A757B9

split-complementary

#B97657 #57B9A7 #5769B9

monochromatic

#6A3F2C #95593E #B97657 #CB9982 #DDBCAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#B97657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#B97657 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B97657

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B97657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B97657	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)

#887E54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988C57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C86A6E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b97657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 118, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.096 45.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d19e87',
    500: '#b97657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b97657;
$custom-light: #d19e87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b97657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 118,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.98,
    "s": 41.176,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62971,
    "c": 0.0955,
    "h": 45.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B97657

secondary

#A1BECB

accent

#AAD157

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FAF2EF

border

#D3CCCA

text

#140E0B

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B97657

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

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