#B97D59#B97D59

#B97D59 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.090 H 51.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B97D59
RGB	rgb(185, 125, 89)
HSL	hsl(23, 41%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(23, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.4%, 51.9%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.76, 19.26, 29.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.76, 34.81, 56.41°)
OKLab	oklab(64.3% 0.0562 0.0706)
OKLCH	oklch(64.3% 0.09 51.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.1460, 25.7051, 12.8758)
Luminance	0.2570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B97D59 #5995B9

analogous

#B95965 #B97D59 #B9AD59

triadic

#B97D59 #59B97D #7D59B9

tetradic

#B97D59 #65B959 #5995B9 #AD59B9

square

#B97D59 #65B959 #5995B9 #AD59B9

split-complementary

#B97D59 #59B9AD #5965B9

monochromatic

#6B442D #96603F #B97D59 #CB9F84 #DDC0AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#B97D59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#B97D59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B97D59

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B97D59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B97D59	1.00	3.42	6.14	6.14
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E8356

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9059

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C87274

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b97d59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 125, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.090 51.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1a388',
    500: '#b97d59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b97d59;
$custom-light: #d1a388;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b97d59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.5,
    "s": 40.678,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64301,
    "c": 0.09017,
    "h": 51.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B97D59

secondary

#A2BCCB

accent

#A3D157

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF3F0

border

#D3CDCB

text

#140F0B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B97D59

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

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