#B96A38#B96A38

#B96A38 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.120 H 51.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B96A38
RGB	rgb(185, 106, 56)
HSL	hsl(23, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(23, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.7%, 69.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.85, 27.29, 40.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.85, 49.16, 56.28°)
OKLab	oklab(60.37% 0.0755 0.0931)
OKLCH	oklch(60.37% 0.12 51)
XYZ	xyz(25.8776, 20.9106, 6.4140)
Luminance	0.2091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B96A38 #3887B9

analogous

#B93846 #B96A38 #B9AB38

triadic

#B96A38 #38B96A #6A38B9

tetradic

#B96A38 #46B938 #3887B9 #AB38B9

square

#B96A38 #46B938 #3887B9 #AB38B9

split-complementary

#B96A38 #38B9AB #3846B9

monochromatic

#5B341C #8A4F2A #B96A38 #CF8B5F #DDAD8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#B96A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#B96A38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B96A38

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B96A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B96A38	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)

#807333

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938537

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA5A5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b96a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 106, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.120 51.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d39571',
    500: '#b96a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b96a38;
$custom-light: #d39571;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b96a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.256,
    "s": 53.527,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6037,
    "c": 0.11981,
    "h": 51
  },
  "luminance": 0.20908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B96A38

secondary

#85AEC8

accent

#A4DD4B

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF2EC

border

#D4CCC7

text

#150D08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B96A38

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

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