#B97B65#B97B65

#B97B65 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.084 H 40.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B97B65
RGB	rgb(185, 123, 101)
HSL	hsl(16, 38%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(16, 45%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.5%, 45.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.48, 21.56, 21.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.48, 30.73, 45.44°)
OKLab	oklab(64.16% 0.0644 0.0546)
OKLCH	oklch(64.16% 0.084 40.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.4410, 25.4221, 15.6657)
Luminance	0.2542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B97B65 #65A3B9

analogous

#B96579 #B97B65 #B9A565

triadic

#B97B65 #65B97B #7B65B9

tetradic

#B97B65 #79B965 #65A3B9 #A565B9

square

#B97B65 #79B965 #65A3B9 #A565B9

split-complementary

#B97B65 #65B9A5 #6579B9

monochromatic

#704333 #9B5C46 #B97B65 #CC9F8F #DFC3B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#B97B65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#B97B65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B97B65

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B97B65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B97B65	1.00	3.45	6.08	6.08
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A8263

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998F65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C77175

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b97b65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 123, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.084 40.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0a191',
    500: '#b97b65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b97b65;
$custom-light: #d0a191;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b97b65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.714,
    "s": 37.5,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64159,
    "c": 0.08444,
    "h": 40.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B97B65

secondary

#ACC5CE

accent

#AFCD5A

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FAF2F0

border

#D3CCCB

text

#140F0C

muted

#837E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B97B65

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

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