#B97D72#B97D72

#B97D72 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.077 H 30.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B97D72
RGB	rgb(185, 125, 114)
HSL	hsl(9, 34%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(9, 38%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.4%, 38.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.23, 21.93, 15.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.23, 26.84, 35.23°)
OKLab	oklab(64.82% 0.0664 0.0395)
OKLCH	oklch(64.82% 0.077 30.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.3797, 26.1986, 19.3731)
Luminance	0.2620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B97D72 #72AEB9

analogous

#B9728A #B97D72 #B9A072

triadic

#B97D72 #72B97D #7D72B9

tetradic

#B97D72 #8AB972 #72AEB9 #A072B9

square

#B97D72 #8AB972 #72AEB9 #A072B9

split-complementary

#B97D72 #72B9A0 #728AB9

monochromatic

#76443B #9F5B4F #B97D72 #CDA39B #E2C8C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#B97D72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#B97D72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B97D72

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B97D72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B97D72	1.00	3.37	6.24	6.24
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A8571

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999171

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6757A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b97d72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 125, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.077 30.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0a39a',
    500: '#b97d72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b97d72;
$custom-light: #d0a39a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b97d72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.296,
    "s": 33.649,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64817,
    "c": 0.07727,
    "h": 30.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B97D72

secondary

#B5CDD1

accent

#B9CA5E

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF3F2

border

#D3CDCC

text

#140F0E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B97D72

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

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