#B96236#B96236

#B96236 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.126 H 45.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B96236
RGB	rgb(185, 98, 54)
HSL	hsl(20, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(20, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47%, 70.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.06, 31.50, 39.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.06, 50.87, 51.74°)
OKLab	oklab(58.99% 0.0879 0.0907)
OKLCH	oklch(58.99% 0.126 45.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.0433, 19.3189, 5.8994)
Luminance	0.1932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B96236 #368DB9

analogous

#B9364B #B96236 #B9A436

triadic

#B96236 #36B962 #6236B9

tetradic

#B96236 #4BB936 #368DB9 #A436B9

square

#B96236 #4BB936 #368DB9 #A436B9

split-complementary

#B96236 #36B9A4 #364BB9

monochromatic

#5A301A #8A4928 #B96236 #D0835D #DDA78C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.32

#B96236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.86

#B96236 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B96236

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B96236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B96236	1.00	4.32	4.86	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A6E31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8135

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA5058

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b96236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 98, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.126 45.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4906f',
    500: '#b96236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b96236;
$custom-light: #d4906f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b96236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.153,
    "s": 54.812,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58986,
    "c": 0.12625,
    "h": 45.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B96236

secondary

#83B1C8

accent

#ACDE4A

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B96236

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

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