#B97C59#B97C59

#B97C59 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.091 H 50.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B97C59
RGB	rgb(185, 124, 89)
HSL	hsl(22, 41%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(22, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33%, 51.9%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.51, 19.81, 28.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.51, 34.86, 55.37°)
OKLab	oklab(64.11% 0.0578 0.0699)
OKLCH	oklch(64.11% 0.091 50.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.0200, 25.4532, 12.8338)
Luminance	0.2545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B97C59 #5996B9

analogous

#B95966 #B97C59 #B9AC59

triadic

#B97C59 #59B97C #7C59B9

tetradic

#B97C59 #66B959 #5996B9 #AC59B9

square

#B97C59 #66B959 #5996B9 #AC59B9

split-complementary

#B97C59 #59B9AC #5966B9

monochromatic

#6B432D #965F3F #B97C59 #CB9E84 #DDC0AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#B97C59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#B97C59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B97C59

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B97C59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B97C59	1.00	3.45	6.09	6.09
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D8256

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8F59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C87173

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b97c59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 124, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.091 50.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1a288',
    500: '#b97c59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b97c59;
$custom-light: #d1a288;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b97c59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.875,
    "s": 40.678,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64114,
    "c": 0.09068,
    "h": 50.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B97C59

secondary

#A2BCCB

accent

#A4D157

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF3F0

border

#D3CDCB

text

#140F0B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B97C59

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

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