#B97C48#B97C48

#B97C48 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.102 H 59.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#B97C48
RGBrgb(185, 124, 72)
HSLhsl(28, 45%, 50%)
HSVhsv(28, 61%, 73%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 33%, 61.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LABlab(57.27, 18.40, 37.63)
CIE-LCHlch(57.27, 41.88, 63.94°)
OKLaboklab(63.85% 0.0513 0.0883)
OKLCHoklch(63.85% 0.102 59.9)
XYZxyz(28.3868, 25.1999, 9.4987)
Luminance0.2520 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#B97C48 #4885B9
analogous
#B9484C #B97C48 #B9B548
triadic
#B97C48 #48B97C #7C48B9
tetradic
#B97C48 #4CB948 #4885B9 #B548B9
square
#B97C48 #4CB948 #4885B9 #B548B9
split-complementary
#B97C48 #48B9B5 #484CB9
monochromatic
#614125 #8E5E36 #B97C48 #CA9C74 #DBBBA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48
#B97C48 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04
#B97C48 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B97C48
6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##B97C48#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##B97C481.003.486.046.04
#FFFFFF3.481.0021.0021.00
#0000006.0421.001.001.00
##0000006.0421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#8F8143
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9D8F48
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C96F70
Achromatopsia (no color)
#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #b97c48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 124, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.102 59.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a27c',
    500: '#b97c48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #b97c48;
$custom-light: #d2a27c;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#b97c48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.611,
    "s": 44.664,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63845,
    "c": 0.10212,
    "h": 59.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#B97C48
secondary
#95B0C8
accent
#99D453
background
#FDF9F7
surface
#FAF2EE
border
#D3CCC9
text
#150F09
muted
#837E7B

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#B97C48 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva