#B96437#B96437

#B96437 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.124 H 46.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B96437
RGB	rgb(185, 100, 55)
HSL	hsl(21, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(21, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.9%, 70.3%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.50, 30.48, 39.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.50, 50.22, 52.63°)
OKLab	oklab(59.33% 0.0849 0.0908)
OKLCH	oklch(59.33% 0.124 46.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.2565, 19.7073, 6.0875)
Luminance	0.1970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B96437 #378CB9

analogous

#B9374B #B96437 #B9A537

triadic

#B96437 #37B964 #6437B9

tetradic

#B96437 #4BB937 #378CB9 #A537B9

square

#B96437 #4BB937 #378CB9 #A537B9

split-complementary

#B96437 #37B9A5 #374BB9

monochromatic

#5B311B #8A4A29 #B96437 #CF855E #DDA98D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#B96437 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.94

#B96437 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B96437

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B96437	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B96437	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)

#7C6F32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908236

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA535A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b96437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 100, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.124 46.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d49170',
    500: '#b96437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b96437;
$custom-light: #d49170;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b96437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.769,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59332,
    "c": 0.12433,
    "h": 46.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B96437

secondary

#84B0C8

accent

#ABDE4A

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF1EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150D07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B96437

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

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