#B96853#B96853

#B96853 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.109 H 35.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B96853
RGB	rgb(185, 104, 83)
HSL	hsl(12, 42%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(12, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.8%, 55.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.78, 30.28, 25.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.78, 39.90, 40.63°)
OKLab	oklab(60.43% 0.0889 0.0633)
OKLCH	oklch(60.43% 0.109 35.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.5211, 20.8421, 10.8082)
Luminance	0.2084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B96853 #53A4B9

analogous

#B95371 #B96853 #B99B53

triadic

#B96853 #53B968 #6853B9

tetradic

#B96853 #71B953 #53A4B9 #9B53B9

square

#B96853 #71B953 #53A4B9 #9B53B9

split-complementary

#B96853 #53B99B #5371B9

monochromatic

#67372A #934E3C #B96853 #CB8E7E #DCB4AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#B96853 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#B96853 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B96853

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B96853	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B96853	1.00	4.06	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C7351

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908552

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C95B63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b96853;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 104, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.109 35.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d29483',
    500: '#b96853',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b96853;
$custom-light: #d29483;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b96853",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.353,
    "s": 42.149,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60432,
    "c": 0.10907,
    "h": 35.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B96853

secondary

#9EC1CA

accent

#B8D256

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FAF1EF

border

#D3CBCA

text

#150D0A

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B96853

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

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