#B97850#B97850

#B97850 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.098 H 51.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B97850
RGB	rgb(185, 120, 80)
HSL	hsl(23, 43%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(23, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.1%, 56.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.42, 21.24, 32.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.42, 38.64, 56.65°)
OKLab	oklab(63.22% 0.061 0.0773)
OKLCH	oklch(63.22% 0.098 51.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.1738, 24.3289, 10.8000)
Luminance	0.2433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B97850 #5091B9

analogous

#B9505D #B97850 #B9AC50

triadic

#B97850 #50B978 #7850B9

tetradic

#B97850 #5DB950 #5091B9 #AC50B9

square

#B97850 #5DB950 #5091B9 #AC50B9

split-complementary

#B97850 #50B9AC #505DB9

monochromatic

#664029 #925C3A #B97850 #CA9A7C #DCBBA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#B97850 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#B97850 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B97850

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B97850	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B97850	1.00	3.58	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A7F4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8D50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C86C6E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b97850;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 120, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.098 51.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d29f82',
    500: '#b97850',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b97850;
$custom-light: #d29f82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b97850",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.857,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63218,
    "c": 0.09843,
    "h": 51.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B97850

secondary

#9BB8C9

accent

#A3D355

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FAF2EE

border

#D3CCC9

text

#140E0A

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B97850

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

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