#B96838#B96838

#B96838 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.121 H 49.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B96838
RGB	rgb(185, 104, 56)
HSL	hsl(22, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(22, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.8%, 69.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.40, 28.38, 40.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.40, 49.36, 54.91°)
OKLab	oklab(60.02% 0.0787 0.092)
OKLCH	oklch(60.02% 0.121 49.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.6739, 20.5032, 6.3461)
Luminance	0.2050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B96838 #3889B9

analogous

#B93848 #B96838 #B9A938

triadic

#B96838 #38B968 #6838B9

tetradic

#B96838 #48B938 #3889B9 #A938B9

square

#B96838 #48B938 #3889B9 #A938B9

split-complementary

#B96838 #38B9A9 #3848B9

monochromatic

#5B331C #8A4E2A #B96838 #CF895F #DDAC8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#B96838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#B96838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B96838

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B96838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B96838	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)

#7F7233

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928437

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA585D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b96838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 104, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.121 49.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d39470',
    500: '#b96838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b96838;
$custom-light: #d39470;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b96838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.326,
    "s": 53.527,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60024,
    "c": 0.12109,
    "h": 49.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B96838

secondary

#85AFC8

accent

#A7DD4B

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF1EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150D08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B96838

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

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