#B96537#B96537

#B96537 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.124 H 47.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B96537
RGB	rgb(185, 101, 55)
HSL	hsl(21, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(21, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.4%, 70.3%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.72, 29.94, 40.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.72, 50.09, 53.29°)
OKLab	oklab(59.5% 0.0833 0.0913)
OKLCH	oklch(59.5% 0.124 47.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.3530, 19.9003, 6.1197)
Luminance	0.1990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B96537 #378BB9

analogous

#B9374A #B96537 #B9A637

triadic

#B96537 #37B965 #6537B9

tetradic

#B96537 #4AB937 #378BB9 #A637B9

square

#B96537 #4AB937 #378BB9 #A637B9

split-complementary

#B96537 #37B9A6 #374AB9

monochromatic

#5B311B #8A4B29 #B96537 #CF865E #DDAA8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#B96537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#B96537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B96537

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B96537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B96537	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)

#7C7032

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918336

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA545B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b96537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 101, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.124 47.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d49270',
    500: '#b96537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b96537;
$custom-light: #d49270;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b96537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.231,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.595,
    "c": 0.1236,
    "h": 47.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B96537

secondary

#84B0C8

accent

#A9DE4A

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF1EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150D07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B96537

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

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