#B97853#B97853

#B97853 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.097 H 50.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B97853
RGB	rgb(185, 120, 83)
HSL	hsl(22, 42%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(22, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.1%, 55.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.46, 21.50, 30.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.46, 37.46, 54.98°)
OKLab	oklab(63.27% 0.0621 0.074)
OKLCH	oklch(63.27% 0.097 50)
XYZ	xyz(28.2871, 24.3742, 11.3968)
Luminance	0.2437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B97853 #5394B9

analogous

#B95361 #B97853 #B9AB53

triadic

#B97853 #53B978 #7853B9

tetradic

#B97853 #61B953 #5394B9 #AB53B9

square

#B97853 #61B953 #5394B9 #AB53B9

split-complementary

#B97853 #53B9AB #5361B9

monochromatic

#67402A #935B3C #B97853 #CB9A7E #DCBCAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#B97853 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#B97853 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B97853

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B97853	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B97853	1.00	3.57	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.57	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)

#8A7F50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998D53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C86C6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b97853;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 120, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.097 50.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d19f84',
    500: '#b97853',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b97853;
$custom-light: #d19f84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b97853",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.765,
    "s": 42.149,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63268,
    "c": 0.09659,
    "h": 50
  },
  "luminance": 0.24372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B97853

secondary

#9EBACA

accent

#A5D256

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FAF2EF

border

#D3CCCA

text

#140E0B

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B97853

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

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