#B97D53#B97D53

#B97D53 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.094 H 55.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B97D53
RGB	rgb(185, 125, 83)
HSL	hsl(25, 42%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(25, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.4%, 55.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.66, 18.72, 32.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.66, 37.24, 59.82°)
OKLab	oklab(64.2% 0.0538 0.0773)
OKLCH	oklch(64.2% 0.094 55.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.9042, 25.6084, 11.6025)
Luminance	0.2561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B97D53 #538FB9

analogous

#B9535C #B97D53 #B9B053

triadic

#B97D53 #53B97D #7D53B9

tetradic

#B97D53 #5CB953 #538FB9 #B053B9

square

#B97D53 #5CB953 #538FB9 #B053B9

split-complementary

#B97D53 #53B9B0 #535CB9

monochromatic

#67432A #93603C #B97D53 #CB9E7E #DCBFAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#B97D53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#B97D53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B97D53

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B97D53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B97D53	1.00	3.43	6.12	6.12
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E8350

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9053

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C87173

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b97d53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 125, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.094 55.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1a384',
    500: '#b97d53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b97d53;
$custom-light: #d1a384;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b97d53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.706,
    "s": 42.149,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64199,
    "c": 0.0942,
    "h": 55.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B97D53

secondary

#9EB8CA

accent

#9FD256

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF3EF

border

#D3CDCA

text

#140F0B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B97D53

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

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