#B97849#B97849

#B97849 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.103 H 55.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B97849
RGB	rgb(185, 120, 73)
HSL	hsl(25, 44%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(25, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.1%, 60.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.32, 20.69, 35.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.32, 41.49, 60.08°)
OKLab	oklab(63.11% 0.0583 0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(63.11% 0.103 55.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.9285, 24.2307, 9.5081)
Luminance	0.2423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B97849 #498AB9

analogous

#B94952 #B97849 #B9B049

triadic

#B97849 #49B978 #7849B9

tetradic

#B97849 #52B949 #498AB9 #B049B9

square

#B97849 #52B949 #498AB9 #B049B9

split-complementary

#B97849 #49B9B0 #4952B9

monochromatic

#623F26 #8E5B37 #B97849 #CA9975 #DBBAA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#B97849 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#B97849 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B97849

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B97849	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B97849	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B7E45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8D49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C96B6D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b97849;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 120, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.103 55.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d29f7d',
    500: '#b97849',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b97849;
$custom-light: #d29f7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b97849",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.179,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63112,
    "c": 0.10287,
    "h": 55.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B97849

secondary

#96B3C8

accent

#9ED454

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FAF2EE

border

#D3CCC9

text

#150E0A

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B97849

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

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