#B96238#B96238

#B96238 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.125 H 45.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B96238
RGB	rgb(185, 98, 56)
HSL	hsl(20, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(20, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47%, 69.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.08, 31.61, 38.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.08, 50.13, 50.91°)
OKLab	oklab(59.01% 0.0885 0.0888)
OKLCH	oklch(59.01% 0.125 45.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.0913, 19.3380, 6.1519)
Luminance	0.1933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B96238 #388FB9

analogous

#B9384E #B96238 #B9A338

triadic

#B96238 #38B962 #6238B9

tetradic

#B96238 #4EB938 #388FB9 #A338B9

square

#B96238 #4EB938 #388FB9 #A338B9

split-complementary

#B96238 #38B9A3 #384EB9

monochromatic

#5B301C #8A492A #B96238 #CF845F #DDA88E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#B96238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.87

#B96238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B96238

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B96238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B96238	1.00	4.31	4.87	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.31	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)

#7A6E34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8137

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA5159

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b96238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 98, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.125 45.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d49070',
    500: '#b96238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b96238;
$custom-light: #d49070;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b96238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.535,
    "s": 53.527,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5901,
    "c": 0.1254,
    "h": 45.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B96238

secondary

#85B2C8

accent

#ADDD4B

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B96238

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

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