#B97B40#B97B40

#B97B40 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.108 H 62.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B97B40
RGB	rgb(185, 123, 64)
HSL	hsl(29, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(29, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.5%, 65.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.93, 18.40, 41.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.93, 45.29, 66.03°)
OKLab	oklab(63.55% 0.0501 0.0954)
OKLCH	oklch(63.55% 0.108 62.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.0179, 24.8528, 8.1710)
Luminance	0.2485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B97B40 #407EB9

analogous

#B94042 #B97B40 #B9B840

triadic

#B97B40 #40B97B #7B40B9

tetradic

#B97B40 #42B940 #407EB9 #B840B9

square

#B97B40 #42B940 #407EB9 #B840B9

split-complementary

#B97B40 #40B9B8 #4042B9

monochromatic

#5E3F21 #8C5D30 #B97B40 #CC9A6B #DBB998

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#B97B40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.97

#B97B40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B97B40

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B97B40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B97B40	1.00	3.52	5.97	5.97
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E803A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C96D6E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b97b40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 123, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.108 62.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a177',
    500: '#b97b40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b97b40;
$custom-light: #d2a177;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b97b40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.256,
    "s": 48.594,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63552,
    "c": 0.10777,
    "h": 62.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B97B40

secondary

#8EABC7

accent

#96D850

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2ED

border

#D4CCC8

text

#150F09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B97B40

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

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