#B97D49#B97D49

#B97D49 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.101 H 60.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B97D49
RGB	rgb(185, 125, 73)
HSL	hsl(28, 44%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(28, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.4%, 60.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.53, 17.92, 37.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.53, 41.47, 64.40°)
OKLab	oklab(64.05% 0.05 0.0879)
OKLCH	oklch(64.05% 0.101 60.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.5456, 25.4649, 9.7138)
Luminance	0.2546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B97D49 #4985B9

analogous

#B9494D #B97D49 #B9B549

triadic

#B97D49 #49B97D #7D49B9

tetradic

#B97D49 #4DB949 #4985B9 #B549B9

square

#B97D49 #4DB949 #4985B9 #B549B9

split-complementary

#B97D49 #49B9B5 #494DB9

monochromatic

#624226 #8E5F37 #B97D49 #CA9D75 #DBBCA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#B97D49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#B97D49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B97D49

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B97D49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B97D49	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)

#8F8244

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D904A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C97071

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b97d49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 125, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.101 60.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a27d',
    500: '#b97d49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b97d49;
$custom-light: #d2a27d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b97d49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.857,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64048,
    "c": 0.10115,
    "h": 60.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B97D49

secondary

#96B1C8

accent

#98D454

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF3EE

border

#D3CDC9

text

#150F0A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B97D49

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

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