#B97848#B97848

#B97848 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.104 H 56.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B97848
RGB	rgb(185, 120, 72)
HSL	hsl(25, 45%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(25, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.1%, 61.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.30, 20.62, 36.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.30, 41.90, 60.52°)
OKLab	oklab(63.1% 0.0579 0.0858)
OKLCH	oklch(63.1% 0.104 56)
XYZ	xyz(27.8956, 24.2176, 9.3349)
Luminance	0.2422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B97848 #4889B9

analogous

#B94850 #B97848 #B9B148

triadic

#B97848 #48B978 #7848B9

tetradic

#B97848 #50B948 #4889B9 #B148B9

square

#B97848 #50B948 #4889B9 #B148B9

split-complementary

#B97848 #48B9B1 #4850B9

monochromatic

#613F25 #8E5B36 #B97848 #CA9974 #DBB9A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#B97848 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#B97848 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B97848

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B97848	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B97848	1.00	3.59	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B7E44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8D48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C96B6D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b97848;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 120, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.104 56.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d29f7c',
    500: '#b97848',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b97848;
$custom-light: #d29f7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b97848",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.487,
    "s": 44.664,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63097,
    "c": 0.10351,
    "h": 56
  },
  "luminance": 0.24215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B97848

secondary

#95B2C8

accent

#9ED453

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FAF2EE

border

#D3CCC9

text

#150E09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B97848

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

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