#B97E55#B97E55

#B97E55 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.092 H 55.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B97E55
RGB	rgb(185, 126, 85)
HSL	hsl(25, 42%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(25, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.9%, 54.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.94, 18.34, 31.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.94, 36.39, 59.74°)
OKLab	oklab(64.42% 0.0529 0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(64.42% 0.092 55.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.1098, 25.8942, 12.0575)
Luminance	0.2589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B97E55 #5590B9

analogous

#B9555E #B97E55 #B9B055

triadic

#B97E55 #55B97E #7E55B9

tetradic

#B97E55 #5EB955 #5590B9 #B055B9

square

#B97E55 #5EB955 #5590B9 #B055B9

split-complementary

#B97E55 #55B9B0 #555EB9

monochromatic

#69442B #94613D #B97E55 #CB9F80 #DDC0AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#B97E55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#B97E55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B97E55

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B97E55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B97E55	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)

#8F8352

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9055

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C87274

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b97e55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 126, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.092 55.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1a385',
    500: '#b97e55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b97e55;
$custom-light: #d1a385;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b97e55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.6,
    "s": 41.667,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64421,
    "c": 0.09243,
    "h": 55.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B97E55

secondary

#9FB9CB

accent

#9FD156

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#140F0B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B97E55

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

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