#B97C65#B97C65

#B97C65 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.084 H 41.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B97C65
RGB	rgb(185, 124, 101)
HSL	hsl(16, 38%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(16, 45%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33%, 45.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.72, 21.01, 22.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.72, 30.58, 46.61°)
OKLab	oklab(64.34% 0.0627 0.0554)
OKLCH	oklch(64.34% 0.084 41.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.5656, 25.6714, 15.7073)
Luminance	0.2567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B97C65 #65A2B9

analogous

#B96578 #B97C65 #B9A665

triadic

#B97C65 #65B97C #7C65B9

tetradic

#B97C65 #78B965 #65A2B9 #A665B9

square

#B97C65 #78B965 #65A2B9 #A665B9

split-complementary

#B97C65 #65B9A6 #6578B9

monochromatic

#704433 #9B5D46 #B97C65 #CCA08F #DFC4B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#B97C65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#B97C65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B97C65

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B97C65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B97C65	1.00	3.42	6.13	6.13
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B8363

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9065

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C77276

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b97c65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 124, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.084 41.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0a291',
    500: '#b97c65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b97c65;
$custom-light: #d0a291;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b97c65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.429,
    "s": 37.5,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64344,
    "c": 0.08368,
    "h": 41.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B97C65

secondary

#ACC5CE

accent

#AECD5A

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF3F0

border

#D3CDCB

text

#140F0C

muted

#837F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B97C65

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

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