#B97C42#B97C42

#B97C42 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.106 H 62.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B97C42
RGB	rgb(185, 124, 66)
HSL	hsl(29, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(29, 64%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33%, 64.3%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.20, 17.98, 40.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.20, 44.46, 66.15°)
OKLab	oklab(63.77% 0.0491 0.0942)
OKLCH	oklch(63.77% 0.106 62.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.2005, 25.1254, 8.5177)
Luminance	0.2512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B97C42 #427FB9

analogous

#B94244 #B97C42 #B9B842

triadic

#B97C42 #42B97C #7C42B9

tetradic

#B97C42 #44B942 #427FB9 #B842B9

square

#B97C42 #44B942 #427FB9 #B842B9

split-complementary

#B97C42 #42B9B8 #4244B9

monochromatic

#5F4022 #8C5E32 #B97C42 #CB9B6D #DBBA9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#B97C42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#B97C42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B97C42

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B97C42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B97C42	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)

#8F813C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8F43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C96F6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b97c42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 124, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.106 62.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a278',
    500: '#b97c42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b97c42;
$custom-light: #d2a278;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b97c42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.244,
    "s": 47.41,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63766,
    "c": 0.1062,
    "h": 62.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B97C42

secondary

#90ACC7

accent

#96D751

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FAF2ED

border

#D3CCC8

text

#150F09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B97C42

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

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