#B97C49#B97C49

#B97C49 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.101 H 59.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B97C49
RGB	rgb(185, 124, 73)
HSL	hsl(27, 44%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(27, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33%, 60.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.28, 18.47, 37.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.28, 41.46, 63.54°)
OKLab	oklab(63.86% 0.0516 0.0873)
OKLCH	oklch(63.86% 0.101 59.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.4197, 25.2130, 9.6719)
Luminance	0.2521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B97C49 #4986B9

analogous

#B9494E #B97C49 #B9B449

triadic

#B97C49 #49B97C #7C49B9

tetradic

#B97C49 #4EB949 #4986B9 #B449B9

square

#B97C49 #4EB949 #4986B9 #B449B9

split-complementary

#B97C49 #49B9B4 #494EB9

monochromatic

#624126 #8E5E37 #B97C49 #CA9C75 #DBBCA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#B97C49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#B97C49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B97C49

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B97C49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B97C49	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)

#8E8144

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8F49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C96F70

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b97c49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 124, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.101 59.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a27d',
    500: '#b97c49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b97c49;
$custom-light: #d2a27d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b97c49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.321,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63859,
    "c": 0.10143,
    "h": 59.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B97C49

secondary

#96B1C8

accent

#9AD454

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FAF2EE

border

#D3CCC9

text

#150F0A

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B97C49

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

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