Brown Orange#B96902

#B96902 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.138 H 61.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Brown Orange — editorial page

Color values

HEX	#B96902
RGB	rgb(185, 105, 2)
HSL	hsl(34, 98%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(34, 99%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.2%, 98.9%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.31, 26.21, 59.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.31, 65.12, 66.26°)
OKLab	oklab(59.86% 0.0661 0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(59.86% 0.138 61.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.0725, 20.4247, 2.6794)
Luminance	0.2042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B96902 #0252B9

analogous

#B90D02 #B96902 #AEB902

triadic

#B96902 #02B969 #6902B9

tetradic

#B96902 #02B90D #0252B9 #B902AE

square

#B96902 #02B90D #0252B9 #B902AE

split-complementary

#B96902 #02AEB9 #0D02B9

monochromatic

#402401 #7C4701 #B96902 #F68B03 #FDA739

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#B96902 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#B96902 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B96902

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B96902	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B96902	1.00	4.13	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#827100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958403

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB5659

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b96902;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 105, 2);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.138 61.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d69457',
    500: '#b96902',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b96902;
$custom-light: #d69457;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b96902",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 2
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.77,
    "s": 97.861,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59857,
    "c": 0.13799,
    "h": 61.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B96902

secondary

#3C81DB

accent

#86FF29

background

#FEF9F5

surface

#FCF1E9

border

#D5CBC5

text

#160D04

muted

#847E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #B96902

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

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