#B97B49#B97B49

#B97B49 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.102 H 58.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B97B49
RGB	rgb(185, 123, 73)
HSL	hsl(27, 44%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(27, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.5%, 60.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.04, 19.03, 36.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.04, 41.45, 62.67°)
OKLab	oklab(63.67% 0.0533 0.0867)
OKLCH	oklch(63.67% 0.102 58.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.2950, 24.9637, 9.6303)
Luminance	0.2496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B97B49 #4987B9

analogous

#B9494F #B97B49 #B9B349

triadic

#B97B49 #49B97B #7B49B9

tetradic

#B97B49 #4FB949 #4987B9 #B349B9

square

#B97B49 #4FB949 #4987B9 #B349B9

split-complementary

#B97B49 #49B9B3 #494FB9

monochromatic

#624126 #8E5E37 #B97B49 #CA9B75 #DBBBA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#B97B49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.99

#B97B49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B97B49

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B97B49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B97B49	1.00	3.50	5.99	5.99
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E8145

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8E49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C96E6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b97b49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 123, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.102 58.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a17d',
    500: '#b97b49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b97b49;
$custom-light: #d2a17d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b97b49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.786,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63671,
    "c": 0.10174,
    "h": 58.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B97B49

secondary

#96B2C8

accent

#9BD454

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FAF2EE

border

#D3CCC9

text

#150F0A

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B97B49

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

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