#B96D42#B96D42

#B96D42 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.113 H 49.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B96D42
RGB	rgb(185, 109, 66)
HSL	hsl(22, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(22, 64%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.1%, 64.3%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.65, 26.26, 36.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.65, 45.00, 54.29°)
OKLab	oklab(61.02% 0.074 0.0852)
OKLCH	oklch(61.02% 0.113 49)
XYZ	xyz(26.4616, 21.6476, 7.9380)
Luminance	0.2165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B96D42 #428EB9

analogous

#B94253 #B96D42 #B9A942

triadic

#B96D42 #42B96D #6D42B9

tetradic

#B96D42 #53B942 #428EB9 #A942B9

square

#B96D42 #53B942 #428EB9 #A942B9

split-complementary

#B96D42 #42B9A9 #4253B9

monochromatic

#5F3822 #8C5232 #B96D42 #CB8F6D #DBB29A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#B96D42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#B96D42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B96D42

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B96D42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B96D42	1.00	3.94	5.33	5.33
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82763E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948741

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA5E63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b96d42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 109, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.113 49.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d39777',
    500: '#b96d42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b96d42;
$custom-light: #d39777;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b96d42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.681,
    "s": 47.41,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61023,
    "c": 0.11284,
    "h": 49
  },
  "luminance": 0.21645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B96D42

secondary

#90B3C7

accent

#A7D751

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2ED

border

#D4CCC8

text

#150D09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B96D42

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

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