#956B18#956B18

#956B18 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.107 H 79.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956B18
RGB	rgb(149, 107, 24)
HSL	hsl(40, 72%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(40, 84%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.2%, 83.9%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.23, 9.33, 49.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.23, 49.88, 79.22°)
OKLab	oklab(55.71% 0.0205 0.1053)
OKLCH	oklch(55.71% 0.107 79)
XYZ	xyz(17.8183, 16.9724, 3.2015)
Luminance	0.1697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956B18 #184295

analogous

#952D18 #956B18 #819518

triadic

#956B18 #18956B #6B1895

tetradic

#956B18 #18952D #184295 #951881

square

#956B18 #18952D #184295 #951881

split-complementary

#956B18 #188195 #2D1895

monochromatic

#2C1F07 #604510 #956B18 #CA9120 #E1AD46

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#956B18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#956B18 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #956B18

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956B18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##956B18	1.00	4.78	4.39	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B6C05

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85771C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A35F5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956b18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 107, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.107 79.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9955d',
    500: '#956b18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956b18;
$custom-light: #b9955d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956b18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.84,
    "s": 72.254,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55709,
    "c": 0.10725,
    "h": 79
  },
  "luminance": 0.16971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956B18

secondary

#4670C2

accent

#76EF39

background

#FCF9F5

surface

#F8F1E9

border

#D1CBC5

text

#120D05

muted

#817E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #956B18

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

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