#B97B56#B97B56

#B97B56 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.093 H 51.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B97B56
RGB	rgb(185, 123, 86)
HSL	hsl(22, 41%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(22, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.5%, 53.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.23, 20.09, 29.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.23, 36.10, 56.17°)
OKLab	oklab(63.88% 0.0583 0.0726)
OKLCH	oklch(63.88% 0.093 51.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.7719, 25.1544, 12.1422)
Luminance	0.2515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B97B56 #5694B9

analogous

#B95662 #B97B56 #B9AC56

triadic

#B97B56 #56B97B #7B56B9

tetradic

#B97B56 #62B956 #5694B9 #AC56B9

square

#B97B56 #62B956 #5694B9 #AC56B9

split-complementary

#B97B56 #56B9AC #5662B9

monochromatic

#69432C #945E3D #B97B56 #CB9D81 #DDBFAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#B97B56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#B97B56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B97B56

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B97B56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B97B56	1.00	3.48	6.03	6.03
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C8153

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8F56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C86F72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b97b56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 123, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.093 51.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1a186',
    500: '#b97b56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b97b56;
$custom-light: #d1a186;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b97b56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.424,
    "s": 41.423,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63875,
    "c": 0.09311,
    "h": 51.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B97B56

secondary

#A0BBCB

accent

#A3D157

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FAF2EF

border

#D3CCCA

text

#140F0B

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B97B56

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

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