#B96436#B96436

#B96436 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.125 H 47.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B96436
RGB	rgb(185, 100, 54)
HSL	hsl(21, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(21, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.9%, 70.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.49, 30.43, 40.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.49, 50.59, 53.03°)
OKLab	oklab(59.32% 0.0846 0.0917)
OKLCH	oklch(59.32% 0.125 47.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.2328, 19.6978, 5.9626)
Luminance	0.1969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B96436 #368BB9

analogous

#B93649 #B96436 #B9A636

triadic

#B96436 #36B964 #6436B9

tetradic

#B96436 #49B936 #368BB9 #A636B9

square

#B96436 #49B936 #368BB9 #A636B9

split-complementary

#B96436 #36B9A6 #3649B9

monochromatic

#5A311A #8A4A28 #B96436 #D0855D #DDA98C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#B96436 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.94

#B96436 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B96436

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B96436	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B96436	1.00	4.25	4.94	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C6F31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908235

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA535A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b96436;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 100, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.125 47.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4916f',
    500: '#b96436',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b96436;
$custom-light: #d4916f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b96436",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.069,
    "s": 54.812,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5932,
    "c": 0.12477,
    "h": 47.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B96436

secondary

#83B0C8

accent

#AADE4A

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF1EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150D07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B96436

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

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