#B97A40#B97A40

#B97A40 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.108 H 61.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B97A40
RGB	rgb(185, 122, 64)
HSL	hsl(29, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(29, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.1%, 65.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.69, 18.96, 41.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.69, 45.27, 65.24°)
OKLab	oklab(63.36% 0.0517 0.0948)
OKLCH	oklch(63.36% 0.108 61.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.8945, 24.6060, 8.1298)
Luminance	0.2460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B97A40 #407FB9

analogous

#B94043 #B97A40 #B9B740

triadic

#B97A40 #40B97A #7A40B9

tetradic

#B97A40 #43B940 #407FB9 #B740B9

square

#B97A40 #43B940 #407FB9 #B740B9

split-complementary

#B97A40 #40B9B7 #4043B9

monochromatic

#5E3E21 #8C5C30 #B97A40 #CC996B #DBB898

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#B97A40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#B97A40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B97A40

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B97A40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B97A40	1.00	3.55	5.92	5.92
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D7F3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8E41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C96C6D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b97a40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 122, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.108 61.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a077',
    500: '#b97a40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b97a40;
$custom-light: #d2a077;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b97a40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.76,
    "s": 48.594,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63364,
    "c": 0.10802,
    "h": 61.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B97A40

secondary

#8EACC7

accent

#97D850

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2ED

border

#D4CCC8

text

#150E09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B97A40

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

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