#B96038#B96038

#B96038 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.127 H 43.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B96038
RGB	rgb(185, 96, 56)
HSL	hsl(19, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(19, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.1%, 69.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.65, 32.67, 38.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.65, 50.44, 49.63°)
OKLab	oklab(58.68% 0.0918 0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(58.68% 0.127 43.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.9065, 18.9684, 6.0903)
Luminance	0.1897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B96038 #3891B9

analogous

#B93850 #B96038 #B9A138

triadic

#B96038 #38B960 #6038B9

tetradic

#B96038 #50B938 #3891B9 #A138B9

square

#B96038 #50B938 #3891B9 #A138B9

split-complementary

#B96038 #38B9A1 #3850B9

monochromatic

#5B2F1C #8A482A #B96038 #CF825F #DDA78E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#B96038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#B96038 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B96038

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B96038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B96038	1.00	4.38	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#786D34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8037

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA4E57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b96038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 96, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.127 43.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48e70',
    500: '#b96038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b96038;
$custom-light: #d48e70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b96038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.605,
    "s": 53.527,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58681,
    "c": 0.12698,
    "h": 43.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B96038

secondary

#85B3C8

accent

#B0DD4B

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B96038

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

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