#B97D65#B97D65

#B97D65 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.083 H 42.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B97D65
RGB	rgb(185, 125, 101)
HSL	hsl(17, 38%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(17, 45%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.4%, 45.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.96, 20.45, 22.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.96, 30.43, 47.78°)
OKLab	oklab(64.53% 0.061 0.0562)
OKLCH	oklch(64.53% 0.083 42.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.6916, 25.9233, 15.7493)
Luminance	0.2592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B97D65 #65A1B9

analogous

#B96577 #B97D65 #B9A765

triadic

#B97D65 #65B97D #7D65B9

tetradic

#B97D65 #77B965 #65A1B9 #A765B9

square

#B97D65 #77B965 #65A1B9 #A765B9

split-complementary

#B97D65 #65B9A7 #6577B9

monochromatic

#704533 #9B5E46 #B97D65 #CCA18F #DFC4B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#B97D65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#B97D65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B97D65

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B97D65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B97D65	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C8463

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9065

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C77377

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b97d65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 125, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.083 42.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0a391',
    500: '#b97d65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b97d65;
$custom-light: #d0a391;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b97d65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.143,
    "s": 37.5,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6453,
    "c": 0.08294,
    "h": 42.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B97D65

secondary

#ACC4CE

accent

#ADCD5A

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF3F0

border

#D3CDCB

text

#140F0C

muted

#837F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #B97D65

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

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