#B96E42#B96E42

#B96E42 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.112 H 49.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B96E42
RGB	rgb(185, 110, 66)
HSL	hsl(22, 47%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(22, 64%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.5%, 64.3%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.88, 25.72, 36.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.88, 44.90, 55.06°)
OKLab	oklab(61.2% 0.0723 0.0858)
OKLCH	oklch(61.2% 0.112 49.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.5689, 21.8622, 7.9738)
Luminance	0.2186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B96E42 #428DB9

analogous

#B94252 #B96E42 #B9AA42

triadic

#B96E42 #42B96E #6E42B9

tetradic

#B96E42 #52B942 #428DB9 #AA42B9

square

#B96E42 #52B942 #428DB9 #AA42B9

split-complementary

#B96E42 #42B9AA #4252B9

monochromatic

#5F3822 #8C5332 #B96E42 #CB906D #DBB29A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#B96E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#B96E42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B96E42

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B96E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B96E42	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83773E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958742

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA5F64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b96e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 110, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.112 49.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d39878',
    500: '#b96e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b96e42;
$custom-light: #d39878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b96e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.185,
    "s": 47.41,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.612,
    "c": 0.11221,
    "h": 49.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B96E42

secondary

#90B3C7

accent

#A5D751

background

#FDF9F7

surface

#FBF2ED

border

#D4CCC8

text

#150D09

muted

#837E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #B96E42

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

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