#B97E2E#B97E2E

#B97E2E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.118 H 70.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B97E2E
RGB	rgb(185, 126, 46)
HSL	hsl(35, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(35, 75%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.9%, 75.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.50, 15.75, 50.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.50, 52.92, 72.69°)
OKLab	oklab(63.94% 0.0396 0.1117)
OKLCH	oklch(63.94% 0.118 70.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.9636, 25.4357, 6.0211)
Luminance	0.2543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B97E2E #2E69B9

analogous

#B9382E #B97E2E #AFB92E

triadic

#B97E2E #2EB97E #7E2EB9

tetradic

#B97E2E #2EB938 #2E69B9 #B92EAF

square

#B97E2E #2EB938 #2E69B9 #B92EAF

split-complementary

#B97E2E #2EAFB9 #382EB9

monochromatic

#573B16 #885D22 #B97E2E #D49C51 #E0B882

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#B97E2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#B97E2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B97E2E

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B97E2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B97E2E	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)

#928223

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09030

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA6F6E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b97e2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 126, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.118 70.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3a36c',
    500: '#b97e2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b97e2e;
$custom-light: #d3a36c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b97e2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.532,
    "s": 60.173,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63938,
    "c": 0.11848,
    "h": 70.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B97E2E

secondary

#7A9BC9

accent

#88E344

background

#FDFAF6

surface

#FBF3EC

border

#D4CDC7

text

#150F07

muted

#837F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B97E2E

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

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