#B97C40#B97C40

#B97C40 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.108 H 63.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B97C40
RGB	rgb(185, 124, 64)
HSL	hsl(30, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(30, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33%, 65.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.17, 17.85, 41.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.17, 45.32, 66.81°)
OKLab	oklab(63.74% 0.0484 0.096)
OKLCH	oklch(63.74% 0.108 63.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.1426, 25.1022, 8.2125)
Luminance	0.2510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B97C40 #407DB9

analogous

#B94041 #B97C40 #B9B940

triadic

#B97C40 #40B97C #7C40B9

tetradic

#B97C40 #41B940 #407DB9 #B940B9

square

#B97C40 #41B940 #407DB9 #B940B9

split-complementary

#B97C40 #40B9B9 #4041B9

monochromatic

#5E3F21 #8C5E30 #B97C40 #CC9B6B #DBB998

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#B97C40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#B97C40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B97C40

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B97C40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B97C40	1.00	3.49	6.02	6.02
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F813A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C96E6E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b97c40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 124, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.108 63.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a277',
    500: '#b97c40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b97c40;
$custom-light: #d2a277;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b97c40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.752,
    "s": 48.594,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63741,
    "c": 0.10753,
    "h": 63.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B97C40

secondary

#8EABC7

accent

#94D850

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2ED

border

#D4CCC8

text

#150F09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B97C40

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

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