#B96B38#B96B38

#B96B38 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.119 H 51.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B96B38
RGB	rgb(185, 107, 56)
HSL	hsl(24, 54%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(24, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.2%, 69.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.08, 26.75, 41.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.08, 49.07, 56.97°)
OKLab	oklab(60.54% 0.0738 0.0936)
OKLCH	oklch(60.54% 0.119 51.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.9812, 21.1179, 6.4485)
Luminance	0.2112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B96B38 #3886B9

analogous

#B93845 #B96B38 #B9AC38

triadic

#B96B38 #38B96B #6B38B9

tetradic

#B96B38 #45B938 #3886B9 #AC38B9

square

#B96B38 #45B938 #3886B9 #AC38B9

split-complementary

#B96B38 #38B9AC #3845B9

monochromatic

#5B351C #8A502A #B96B38 #CF8B5F #DDAD8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#B96B38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#B96B38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B96B38

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B96B38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B96B38	1.00	4.02	5.22	5.22
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#817433

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948638

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA5B60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b96b38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 107, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.119 51.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d39671',
    500: '#b96b38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b96b38;
$custom-light: #d39671;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b96b38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.721,
    "s": 53.527,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60544,
    "c": 0.1192,
    "h": 51.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B96B38

secondary

#85ADC8

accent

#A3DD4B

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FBF2EC

border

#D4CCC7

text

#150D08

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B96B38

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

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