#B96540#B96540

#B96540 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.120 H 43.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B96540
RGB	rgb(185, 101, 64)
HSL	hsl(18, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(18, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.4%, 65.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.83, 30.48, 35.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.83, 46.77, 49.33°)
OKLab	oklab(59.62% 0.0865 0.0826)
OKLCH	oklch(59.62% 0.12 43.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.5888, 19.9946, 7.3613)
Luminance	0.1999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B96540 #4094B9

analogous

#B94058 #B96540 #B9A240

triadic

#B96540 #40B965 #6540B9

tetradic

#B96540 #58B940 #4094B9 #A240B9

square

#B96540 #58B940 #4094B9 #A240B9

split-complementary

#B96540 #40B9A2 #4058B9

monochromatic

#5E3321 #8C4C30 #B96540 #CC886B #DBAD98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#B96540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#B96540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B96540

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B96540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B96540	1.00	4.20	5.00	5.00
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C703C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90833F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA555C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b96540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 101, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.120 43.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d39276',
    500: '#b96540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b96540;
$custom-light: #d39276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b96540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.347,
    "s": 48.594,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59616,
    "c": 0.11958,
    "h": 43.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B96540

secondary

#8EB6C7

accent

#AED850

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF1ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150D08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B96540

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

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