#B96949#B96949

#B96949 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.112 H 42.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B96949
RGB	rgb(185, 105, 73)
HSL	hsl(17, 44%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(17, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.2%, 60.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.84, 28.94, 31.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.84, 42.94, 47.63°)
OKLab	oklab(60.43% 0.0833 0.0754)
OKLCH	oklch(60.43% 0.112 42.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.2637, 20.9012, 8.9532)
Luminance	0.2090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B96949 #4999B9

analogous

#B94961 #B96949 #B9A149

triadic

#B96949 #49B969 #6949B9

tetradic

#B96949 #61B949 #4999B9 #A149B9

square

#B96949 #61B949 #4999B9 #A149B9

split-complementary

#B96949 #49B9A1 #4961B9

monochromatic

#623726 #8E5037 #B96949 #CA8D75 #DBB2A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#B96949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#B96949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B96949

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B96949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B96949	1.00	4.05	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E7446

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918548

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C95A61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b96949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 105, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.112 42.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2957c',
    500: '#b96949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b96949;
$custom-light: #d2957c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b96949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.143,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60431,
    "c": 0.11232,
    "h": 42.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B96949

secondary

#96BAC8

accent

#AFD454

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF1EE

border

#D4CBC9

text

#150D09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B96949

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

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