#956B1E#956B1E

#956B1E is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.104 H 77.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956B1E
RGB	rgb(149, 107, 30)
HSL	hsl(39, 66%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(39, 80%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.2%, 79.9%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.26, 9.55, 46.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.26, 47.76, 78.47°)
OKLab	oklab(55.75% 0.0218 0.102)
OKLCH	oklch(55.75% 0.104 77.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.8877, 17.0001, 3.5673)
Luminance	0.1700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956B1E #1E4895

analogous

#95301E #956B1E #83951E

triadic

#956B1E #1E956B #6B1E95

tetradic

#956B1E #1E9530 #1E4895 #951E83

square

#956B1E #1E9530 #1E4895 #951E83

split-complementary

#956B1E #1E8395 #301E95

monochromatic

#2F2209 #624614 #956B1E #C89028 #DCAB51

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.77

#956B1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.40

#956B1E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #956B1E

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956B1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##956B1E	1.00	4.77	4.40	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B6C11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857721

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A25F5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956b1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 107, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.104 77.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b99560',
    500: '#956b1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956b1e;
$custom-light: #b99560;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956b1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.824,
    "s": 66.48,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55747,
    "c": 0.10426,
    "h": 77.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956B1E

secondary

#5077BF

accent

#7BE93E

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F7F1EA

border

#D0CBC6

text

#120D05

muted

#817E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #956B1E

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

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