#956B1A#956B1A

#956B1A is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.106 H 78.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956B1A
RGB	rgb(149, 107, 26)
HSL	hsl(40, 70%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(40, 83%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.2%, 82.6%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.24, 9.40, 48.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.24, 49.21, 78.99°)
OKLab	oklab(55.72% 0.0209 0.1042)
OKLCH	oklch(55.72% 0.106 78.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.8399, 16.9810, 3.3152)
Luminance	0.1698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956B1A #1A4495

analogous

#952D1A #956B1A #82951A

triadic

#956B1A #1A956B #6B1A95

tetradic

#956B1A #1A952D #1A4495 #951A82

square

#956B1A #1A952D #1A4495 #951A82

split-complementary

#956B1A #1A8295 #2D1A95

monochromatic

#2D2008 #614611 #956B1A #C99023 #DFAC4A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#956B1A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.40

#956B1A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #956B1A

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956B1A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##956B1A	1.00	4.78	4.40	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B6C09

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85771E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A35F5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956b1a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 107, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.106 78.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9955e',
    500: '#956b1a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956b1a;
$custom-light: #b9955e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956b1a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.512,
    "s": 70.286,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55721,
    "c": 0.10631,
    "h": 78.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956B1A

secondary

#4A72C1

accent

#78ED3B

background

#FCF9F5

surface

#F8F1E9

border

#D1CBC5

text

#120D05

muted

#817E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #956B1A

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

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