#B97D40#B97D40

#B97D40 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.107 H 64.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B97D40
RGB	rgb(185, 125, 64)
HSL	hsl(30, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(30, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.4%, 65.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.42, 17.29, 41.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.42, 45.36, 67.59°)
OKLab	oklab(63.93% 0.0468 0.0966)
OKLCH	oklch(63.93% 0.107 64.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.2685, 25.3541, 8.2545)
Luminance	0.2535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B97D40 #407CB9

analogous

#B94140 #B97D40 #B9B940

triadic

#B97D40 #40B97D #7D40B9

tetradic

#B97D40 #40B941 #407CB9 #B940B9

square

#B97D40 #40B941 #407CB9 #B940B9

split-complementary

#B97D40 #40B9B9 #4140B9

monochromatic

#5E4021 #8C5E30 #B97D40 #CC9C6B #DBBA98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#B97D40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#B97D40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B97D40

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B97D40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B97D40	1.00	3.46	6.07	6.07
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90823A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C96F6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b97d40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 125, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.107 64.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a277',
    500: '#b97d40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b97d40;
$custom-light: #d2a277;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b97d40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.248,
    "s": 48.594,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6393,
    "c": 0.10734,
    "h": 64.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B97D40

secondary

#8EAAC7

accent

#93D850

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF3ED

border

#D3CDC8

text

#150F09

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B97D40

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

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