#B96536#B96536

#B96536 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.124 H 48.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B96536
RGB	rgb(185, 101, 54)
HSL	hsl(22, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(22, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.4%, 70.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.71, 29.89, 40.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.71, 50.47, 53.68°)
OKLab	oklab(59.49% 0.083 0.0922)
OKLCH	oklch(59.49% 0.124 48)
XYZ	xyz(25.3293, 19.8908, 5.9947)
Luminance	0.1989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B96536 #368AB9

analogous

#B93648 #B96536 #B9A736

triadic

#B96536 #36B965 #6536B9

tetradic

#B96536 #48B936 #368AB9 #A736B9

square

#B96536 #48B936 #368AB9 #A736B9

split-complementary

#B96536 #36B9A7 #3648B9

monochromatic

#5A311A #8A4B28 #B96536 #D0865D #DDA98C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#B96536 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#B96536 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B96536

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B96536	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B96536	1.00	4.22	4.98	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C7031

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918335

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA545B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b96536;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 101, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.124 48.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4926f',
    500: '#b96536',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b96536;
$custom-light: #d4926f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b96536",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.527,
    "s": 54.812,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59488,
    "c": 0.12406,
    "h": 48
  },
  "luminance": 0.19888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B96536

secondary

#83AFC8

accent

#A9DE4A

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF1EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150D07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B96536

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

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