#B97E53#B97E53

#B97E53 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.094 H 56.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B97E53
RGB	rgb(185, 126, 83)
HSL	hsl(25, 42%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(25, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.9%, 55.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.91, 18.17, 32.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.91, 37.22, 60.79°)
OKLab	oklab(64.39% 0.0521 0.078)
OKLCH	oklch(64.39% 0.094 56.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.0315, 25.8629, 11.6449)
Luminance	0.2586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B97E53 #538EB9

analogous

#B9535B #B97E53 #B9B153

triadic

#B97E53 #53B97E #7E53B9

tetradic

#B97E53 #5BB953 #538EB9 #B153B9

square

#B97E53 #5BB953 #538EB9 #B153B9

split-complementary

#B97E53 #53B9B1 #535BB9

monochromatic

#67442A #93613C #B97E53 #CB9F7E #DCBFAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#B97E53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#B97E53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B97E53

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B97E53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B97E53	1.00	3.40	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F834F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9053

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C87273

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b97e53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 126, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.094 56.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1a384',
    500: '#b97e53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b97e53;
$custom-light: #d1a384;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b97e53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.294,
    "s": 42.149,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64388,
    "c": 0.09383,
    "h": 56.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B97E53

secondary

#9EB7CA

accent

#9ED256

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF3EF

border

#D3CDCA

text

#140F0B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B97E53

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

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