#B97E56#B97E56

#B97E56 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.092 H 54.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B97E56
RGB	rgb(185, 126, 86)
HSL	hsl(24, 41%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(24, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.9%, 53.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.95, 18.43, 30.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.95, 35.98, 59.19°)
OKLab	oklab(64.44% 0.0533 0.0747)
OKLCH	oklch(64.44% 0.092 54.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.1498, 25.9102, 12.2682)
Luminance	0.2591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B97E56 #5691B9

analogous

#B9565F #B97E56 #B9AF56

triadic

#B97E56 #56B97E #7E56B9

tetradic

#B97E56 #5FB956 #5691B9 #AF56B9

square

#B97E56 #5FB956 #5691B9 #AF56B9

split-complementary

#B97E56 #56B9AF #565FB9

monochromatic

#69442C #94613D #B97E56 #CB9F81 #DDC0AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#B97E56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#B97E56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B97E56

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B97E56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B97E56	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)

#8F8353

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9056

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C87374

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b97e56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 126, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.092 54.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1a386',
    500: '#b97e56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b97e56;
$custom-light: #d1a386;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b97e56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.242,
    "s": 41.423,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64438,
    "c": 0.09174,
    "h": 54.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B97E56

secondary

#A0B9CB

accent

#A0D157

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FAF4EF

border

#D3CECA

text

#140F0B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B97E56

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

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