#B96E55#B96E55

#B96E55 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.103 H 39.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B96E55
RGB	rgb(185, 110, 85)
HSL	hsl(15, 42%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(15, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.5%, 54.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.16, 27.19, 26.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.16, 38.05, 44.40°)
OKLab	oklab(61.5% 0.0797 0.0649)
OKLCH	oklch(61.5% 0.103 39.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.2250, 22.1246, 11.4292)
Luminance	0.2212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B96E55 #55A0B9

analogous

#B9556E #B96E55 #B9A055

triadic

#B96E55 #55B96E #6E55B9

tetradic

#B96E55 #6EB955 #55A0B9 #A055B9

square

#B96E55 #6EB955 #55A0B9 #A055B9

split-complementary

#B96E55 #55B9A0 #556EB9

monochromatic

#693A2B #94533D #B96E55 #CB9380 #DDB8AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#B96E55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#B96E55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B96E55

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B96E55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B96E55	1.00	3.87	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#817853

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938854

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C96168

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b96e55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 110, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.103 39.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d29885',
    500: '#b96e55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b96e55;
$custom-light: #d29885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b96e55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15,
    "s": 41.667,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61504,
    "c": 0.10272,
    "h": 39.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B96E55

secondary

#9FC0CB

accent

#B3D156

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FAF2EF

border

#D3CCCA

text

#150E0B

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B96E55

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

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