#B97E49#B97E49

#B97E49 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.101 H 61.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B97E49
RGB	rgb(185, 126, 73)
HSL	hsl(28, 44%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(28, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.9%, 60.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.77, 17.36, 37.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.77, 41.50, 65.27°)
OKLab	oklab(64.24% 0.0483 0.0886)
OKLCH	oklch(64.24% 0.101 61.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.6729, 25.7194, 9.7563)
Luminance	0.2572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B97E49 #4984B9

analogous

#B9494C #B97E49 #B9B649

triadic

#B97E49 #49B97E #7E49B9

tetradic

#B97E49 #4CB949 #4984B9 #B649B9

square

#B97E49 #4CB949 #4984B9 #B649B9

split-complementary

#B97E49 #49B9B6 #494CB9

monochromatic

#624226 #8E6037 #B97E49 #CA9D75 #DBBDA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#B97E49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#B97E49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B97E49

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B97E49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B97E49	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)

#908344

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E904A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C97172

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b97e49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 126, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.101 61.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2a37d',
    500: '#b97e49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b97e49;
$custom-light: #d2a37d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b97e49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.393,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64237,
    "c": 0.1009,
    "h": 61.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B97E49

secondary

#96B0C8

accent

#97D454

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FAF3EE

border

#D3CDC9

text

#150F0A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B97E49

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

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