#B96B40#B96B40

#B96B40 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.115 H 48.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#B96B40
RGBrgb(185, 107, 64)
HSLhsl(21, 49%, 49%)
HSVhsv(21, 65%, 73%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 42.2%, 65.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LABlab(53.17, 27.23, 37.05)
CIE-LCHlch(53.17, 45.98, 53.69°)
OKLaboklab(60.65% 0.0766 0.086)
OKLCHoklch(60.65% 0.115 48.3)
XYZxyz(26.1928, 21.2025, 7.5626)
Luminance0.2120 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#B96B40 #408EB9
analogous
#B94052 #B96B40 #B9A840
triadic
#B96B40 #40B96B #6B40B9
tetradic
#B96B40 #52B940 #408EB9 #A840B9
square
#B96B40 #52B940 #408EB9 #A840B9
split-complementary
#B96B40 #40B9A8 #4052B9
monochromatic
#5E3621 #8C5130 #B96B40 #CC8D6B #DBB098

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01
#B96B40 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24
#B96B40 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B96B40
5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##B96B40#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##B96B401.004.015.245.24
#FFFFFF4.011.0021.0021.00
#0000005.2421.001.001.00
##0000005.2421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#81743C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#93863F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#CA5C61
Achromatopsia (no color)
#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #b96b40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 107, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.115 48.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d39676',
    500: '#b96b40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #b96b40;
$custom-light: #d39676;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#b96b40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.322,
    "s": 48.594,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60645,
    "c": 0.11518,
    "h": 48.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#B96B40
secondary
#8EB3C7
accent
#A8D850
background
#FDF9F7
surface
#FBF2ED
border
#D4CCC8
text
#150D08
muted
#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B96B40

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#B96B40 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva