#B96039#B96039

#B96039 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.127 H 43.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B96039
RGB	rgb(185, 96, 57)
HSL	hsl(18, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(18, 69%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.1%, 69.2%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.66, 32.73, 37.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.66, 50.08, 49.19°)
OKLab	oklab(58.69% 0.0921 0.0868)
OKLCH	oklch(58.69% 0.127 43.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.9312, 18.9783, 6.2204)
Luminance	0.1898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B96039 #3992B9

analogous

#B93952 #B96039 #B9A039

triadic

#B96039 #39B960 #6039B9

tetradic

#B96039 #52B939 #3992B9 #A039B9

square

#B96039 #52B939 #3992B9 #A039B9

split-complementary

#B96039 #39B9A0 #3952B9

monochromatic

#5B2F1C #8A482B #B96039 #CE8261 #DDA790

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#B96039 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#B96039 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B96039

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B96039	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B96039	1.00	4.38	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#786D35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8038

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA4E57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b96039;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 96, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.127 43.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48e71',
    500: '#b96039',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b96039;
$custom-light: #d48e71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b96039",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.281,
    "s": 52.893,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58693,
    "c": 0.12658,
    "h": 43.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B96039

secondary

#86B4C8

accent

#B0DC4B

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150C08

muted

#837D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B96039

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

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