#B96338#B96338

#B96338 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.125 H 45.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B96338
RGB	rgb(185, 99, 56)
HSL	hsl(20, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(20, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.5%, 69.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.30, 31.07, 39.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.30, 49.99, 51.56°)
OKLab	oklab(59.18% 0.0869 0.0893)
OKLCH	oklch(59.18% 0.125 45.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.1854, 19.5263, 6.1833)
Luminance	0.1952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B96338 #388EB9

analogous

#B9384E #B96338 #B9A438

triadic

#B96338 #38B963 #6338B9

tetradic

#B96338 #4EB938 #388EB9 #A438B9

square

#B96338 #4EB938 #388EB9 #A438B9

split-complementary

#B96338 #38B9A4 #384EB9

monochromatic

#5B311C #8A4A2A #B96338 #CF855F #DDA98E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#B96338 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.90

#B96338 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B96338

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B96338	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B96338	1.00	4.28	4.90	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B6F33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8237

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA5259

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b96338;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 99, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.125 45.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d49070',
    500: '#b96338',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b96338;
$custom-light: #d49070;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b96338",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 99,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20,
    "s": 53.527,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59176,
    "c": 0.12464,
    "h": 45.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B96338

secondary

#85B1C8

accent

#ACDD4B

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150D07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B96338

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

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