#B96B59#B96B59

#B96B59 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.104 H 33.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B96B59
RGB	rgb(185, 107, 89)
HSL	hsl(11, 41%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(11, 52%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.2%, 51.9%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.55, 29.18, 23.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.55, 37.49, 38.89°)
OKLab	oklab(61.06% 0.0863 0.058)
OKLCH	oklch(61.06% 0.104 33.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.0702, 21.5535, 12.1838)
Luminance	0.2155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B96B59 #59A7B9

analogous

#B95977 #B96B59 #B99B59

triadic

#B96B59 #59B96B #6B59B9

tetradic

#B96B59 #77B959 #59A7B9 #9B59B9

square

#B96B59 #77B959 #59A7B9 #9B59B9

split-complementary

#B96B59 #59B99B #5977B9

monochromatic

#6B392D #964F3F #B96B59 #CB9184 #DDB8AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#B96B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#B96B59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B96B59

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B96B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B96B59	1.00	3.95	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E7657

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918658

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C85F67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b96b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 107, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.104 33.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d29688',
    500: '#b96b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b96b59;
$custom-light: #d29688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b96b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.25,
    "s": 40.678,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61059,
    "c": 0.10395,
    "h": 33.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B96B59

secondary

#A2C4CB

accent

#BAD157

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FAF2EF

border

#D3CCCA

text

#150D0B

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B96B59

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

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