#B96938#B96938

#B96938 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.120 H 50.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B96938
RGB	rgb(185, 105, 56)
HSL	hsl(23, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(23, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.2%, 69.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.63, 27.84, 40.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.63, 49.26, 55.59°)
OKLab	oklab(60.2% 0.0771 0.0925)
OKLCH	oklch(60.2% 0.12 50.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.7751, 20.7057, 6.3798)
Luminance	0.2070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B96938 #3888B9

analogous

#B93847 #B96938 #B9AA38

triadic

#B96938 #38B969 #6938B9

tetradic

#B96938 #47B938 #3888B9 #AA38B9

square

#B96938 #47B938 #3888B9 #AA38B9

split-complementary

#B96938 #38B9AA #3847B9

monochromatic

#5B341C #8A4E2A #B96938 #CF8A5F #DDAC8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#B96938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.14

#B96938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B96938

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B96938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B96938	1.00	4.09	5.14	5.14
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#807333

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938537

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA595E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b96938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 105, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.120 50.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d39471',
    500: '#b96938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b96938;
$custom-light: #d39471;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b96938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.791,
    "s": 53.527,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60196,
    "c": 0.12044,
    "h": 50.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B96938

secondary

#85AEC8

accent

#A5DD4B

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF1EC

border

#D4CBC7

text

#150D08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B96938

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

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