#B97B59#B97B59

#B97B59 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.091 H 49.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B97B59
RGB	rgb(185, 123, 89)
HSL	hsl(21, 41%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(21, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.5%, 51.9%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.27, 20.37, 28.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.27, 34.93, 54.33°)
OKLab	oklab(63.93% 0.0595 0.0691)
OKLCH	oklch(63.93% 0.091 49.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.8954, 25.2038, 12.7922)
Luminance	0.2520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B97B59 #5997B9

analogous

#B95967 #B97B59 #B9AB59

triadic

#B97B59 #59B97B #7B59B9

tetradic

#B97B59 #67B959 #5997B9 #AB59B9

square

#B97B59 #67B959 #5997B9 #AB59B9

split-complementary

#B97B59 #59B9AB #5967B9

monochromatic

#6B432D #965E3F #B97B59 #CB9D84 #DDBFAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#B97B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#B97B59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B97B59

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B97B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B97B59	1.00	3.48	6.04	6.04
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C8156

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8F59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C87072

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b97b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 123, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.091 49.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1a188',
    500: '#b97b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b97b59;
$custom-light: #d1a188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b97b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.25,
    "s": 40.678,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63928,
    "c": 0.09122,
    "h": 49.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B97B59

secondary

#A2BDCB

accent

#A6D157

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FAF2F0

border

#D3CCCB

text

#140F0B

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B97B59

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

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