#B96837#B96837

#B96837 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.122 H 49.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B96837
RGB	rgb(185, 104, 55)
HSL	hsl(23, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(23, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.8%, 70.3%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.39, 28.32, 40.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.39, 49.74, 55.29°)
OKLab	oklab(60.01% 0.0784 0.0929)
OKLCH	oklch(60.01% 0.122 49.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.6497, 20.4935, 6.2186)
Luminance	0.2049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B96837 #3788B9

analogous

#B93747 #B96837 #B9A937

triadic

#B96837 #37B968 #6837B9

tetradic

#B96837 #47B937 #3788B9 #A937B9

square

#B96837 #47B937 #3788B9 #A937B9

split-complementary

#B96837 #37B9A9 #3747B9

monochromatic

#5B331B #8A4D29 #B96837 #CF895E #DDAB8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#B96837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#B96837 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B96837

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B96837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B96837	1.00	4.12	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F7232

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928436

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA585D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b96837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 104, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.122 49.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d39470',
    500: '#b96837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b96837;
$custom-light: #d39470;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b96837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.615,
    "s": 54.167,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60012,
    "c": 0.12156,
    "h": 49.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B96837

secondary

#84AEC8

accent

#A6DE4A

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF1EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150D07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B96837

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

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