#B96A40#B96A40

#B96A40 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.116 H 47.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#B96A40
RGBrgb(185, 106, 64)
HSLhsl(21, 49%, 49%)
HSVhsv(21, 65%, 73%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 42.7%, 65.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LABlab(52.94, 27.77, 36.78)
CIE-LCHlch(52.94, 46.09, 52.95°)
OKLaboklab(60.47% 0.0782 0.0855)
OKLCHoklch(60.47% 0.116 47.5)
XYZxyz(26.0891, 20.9952, 7.5280)
Luminance0.2099 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#B96A40 #408FB9
analogous
#B94053 #B96A40 #B9A740
triadic
#B96A40 #40B96A #6A40B9
tetradic
#B96A40 #53B940 #408FB9 #A740B9
square
#B96A40 #53B940 #408FB9 #A740B9
split-complementary
#B96A40 #40B9A7 #4053B9
monochromatic
#5E3621 #8C5030 #B96A40 #CC8C6B #DBAF98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04
#B96A40 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20
#B96A40 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B96A40
5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##B96A40#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##B96A401.004.045.205.20
#FFFFFF4.041.0021.0021.00
#0000005.2021.001.001.00
##0000005.2021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#80743C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#93853F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#CA5B60
Achromatopsia (no color)
#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #b96a40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 106, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.116 47.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d39576',
    500: '#b96a40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #b96a40;
$custom-light: #d39576;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#b96a40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.826,
    "s": 48.594,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60471,
    "c": 0.11586,
    "h": 47.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#B96A40
secondary
#8EB3C7
accent
#A9D850
background
#FDF9F7
surface
#FBF2ED
border
#D4CCC8
text
#150D08
muted
#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B96A40

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#B96A40 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva