#B96D55#B96D55

#B96D55 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.104 H 38.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B96D55
RGB	rgb(185, 109, 85)
HSL	hsl(14, 42%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(14, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.1%, 54.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.93, 27.73, 26.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.93, 38.24, 43.51°)
OKLab	oklab(61.33% 0.0813 0.0642)
OKLCH	oklch(61.33% 0.104 38.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.1177, 21.9100, 11.3935)
Luminance	0.2191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B96D55 #55A1B9

analogous

#B9556F #B96D55 #B99F55

triadic

#B96D55 #55B96D #6D55B9

tetradic

#B96D55 #6FB955 #55A1B9 #9F55B9

square

#B96D55 #6FB955 #55A1B9 #9F55B9

split-complementary

#B96D55 #55B99F #556FB9

monochromatic

#693A2B #94523D #B96D55 #CB9280 #DDB7AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#B96D55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#B96D55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B96D55

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B96D55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B96D55	1.00	3.90	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#807753

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928754

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C96067

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b96d55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 109, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.104 38.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d29785',
    500: '#b96d55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b96d55;
$custom-light: #d29785;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b96d55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.4,
    "s": 41.667,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61329,
    "c": 0.10361,
    "h": 38.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B96D55

secondary

#9FC0CB

accent

#B4D156

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FAF2EF

border

#D3CCCA

text

#150D0B

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B96D55

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

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