#B96F55#B96F55

#B96F55 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.102 H 40.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B96F55
RGB	rgb(185, 111, 85)
HSL	hsl(16, 42%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(16, 54%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40%, 54.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.39, 26.64, 26.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.39, 37.87, 45.30°)
OKLab	oklab(61.68% 0.078 0.0655)
OKLCH	oklch(61.68% 0.102 40)
XYZ	xyz(27.3335, 22.3416, 11.4654)
Luminance	0.2234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B96F55 #559FB9

analogous

#B9556D #B96F55 #B9A155

triadic

#B96F55 #55B96F #6F55B9

tetradic

#B96F55 #6DB955 #559FB9 #A155B9

square

#B96F55 #6DB955 #559FB9 #A155B9

split-complementary

#B96F55 #55B9A1 #556DB9

monochromatic

#693B2B #94543D #B96F55 #CB9480 #DDB8AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#B96F55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#B96F55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B96F55

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B96F55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B96F55	1.00	3.84	5.47	5.47
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#827953

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948854

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C86268

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b96f55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 111, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.102 40.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d29985',
    500: '#b96f55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b96f55;
$custom-light: #d29985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b96f55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.6,
    "s": 41.667,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6168,
    "c": 0.10186,
    "h": 40
  },
  "luminance": 0.22339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B96F55

secondary

#9FBFCB

accent

#B1D156

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FAF2EF

border

#D3CCCA

text

#150E0B

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B96F55

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

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