#B97D42#B97D42

#B97D42 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.106 H 63.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B97D42
RGB	rgb(185, 125, 66)
HSL	hsl(30, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(30, 64%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.4%, 64.3%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.44, 17.42, 40.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.44, 44.50, 66.95°)
OKLab	oklab(63.96% 0.0475 0.0948)
OKLCH	oklch(63.96% 0.106 63.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.3265, 25.3773, 8.5596)
Luminance	0.2537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B97D42 #427EB9

analogous

#B94243 #B97D42 #B9B942

triadic

#B97D42 #42B97D #7D42B9

tetradic

#B97D42 #43B942 #427EB9 #B942B9

square

#B97D42 #43B942 #427EB9 #B942B9

split-complementary

#B97D42 #42B9B9 #4243B9

monochromatic

#5F4022 #8C5F32 #B97D42 #CB9C6D #DBBA9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#B97D42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#B97D42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B97D42

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B97D42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B97D42	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)

#90823C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C97070

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b97d42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 125, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.106 63.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a278',
    500: '#b97d42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b97d42;
$custom-light: #d2a278;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b97d42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.748,
    "s": 47.41,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63955,
    "c": 0.10599,
    "h": 63.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B97D42

secondary

#90ACC7

accent

#94D751

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF3ED

border

#D3CDC8

text

#150F09

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B97D42

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

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