#B96237#B96237

#B96237 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.126 H 45.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B96237
RGB	rgb(185, 98, 55)
HSL	hsl(20, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(20, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47%, 70.3%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.07, 31.55, 39.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.07, 50.50, 51.33°)
OKLab	oklab(59% 0.0882 0.0897)
OKLCH	oklch(59% 0.126 45.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.0671, 19.3283, 6.0244)
Luminance	0.1933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B96237 #378EB9

analogous

#B9374D #B96237 #B9A337

triadic

#B96237 #37B962 #6237B9

tetradic

#B96237 #4DB937 #378EB9 #A337B9

square

#B96237 #4DB937 #378EB9 #A337B9

split-complementary

#B96237 #37B9A3 #374DB9

monochromatic

#5B301B #8A4929 #B96237 #CF835E #DDA88D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.32

#B96237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.87

#B96237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B96237

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B96237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B96237	1.00	4.32	4.87	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A6E32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8136

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA5158

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b96237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 98, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.126 45.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4906f',
    500: '#b96237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b96237;
$custom-light: #d4906f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b96237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.846,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58998,
    "c": 0.12582,
    "h": 45.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B96237

secondary

#84B1C8

accent

#ADDE4A

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B96237

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

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