#B96940#B96940

#B96940 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.117 H 46.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B96940
RGB	rgb(185, 105, 64)
HSL	hsl(20, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(20, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.2%, 65.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.72, 28.32, 36.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.72, 46.21, 52.21°)
OKLab	oklab(60.3% 0.0799 0.0849)
OKLCH	oklch(60.3% 0.117 46.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.9867, 20.7903, 7.4939)
Luminance	0.2079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B96940 #4090B9

analogous

#B94054 #B96940 #B9A640

triadic

#B96940 #40B969 #6940B9

tetradic

#B96940 #54B940 #4090B9 #A640B9

square

#B96940 #54B940 #4090B9 #A640B9

split-complementary

#B96940 #40B9A6 #4054B9

monochromatic

#5E3521 #8C4F30 #B96940 #CC8B6B #DBAF98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#B96940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#B96940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B96940

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B96940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B96940	1.00	4.07	5.16	5.16
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F733C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92853F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA595F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b96940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 105, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.117 46.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d39576',
    500: '#b96940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b96940;
$custom-light: #d39576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b96940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.331,
    "s": 48.594,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60298,
    "c": 0.11656,
    "h": 46.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B96940

secondary

#8EB4C7

accent

#AAD850

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF1ED

border

#D4CBC8

text

#150D08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B96940

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →