#956B22#956B22

#956B22 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.102 H 77.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956B22
RGB	rgb(149, 107, 34)
HSL	hsl(38, 63%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(38, 77%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.2%, 77.2%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.29, 9.72, 45.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.29, 46.21, 77.86°)
OKLab	oklab(55.78% 0.0228 0.0994)
OKLCH	oklch(55.78% 0.102 77.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.9421, 17.0219, 3.8537)
Luminance	0.1702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956B22 #224C95

analogous

#953122 #956B22 #859522

triadic

#956B22 #22956B #6B2295

tetradic

#956B22 #229531 #224C95 #952285

square

#956B22 #229531 #224C95 #952285

split-complementary

#956B22 #228595 #312295

monochromatic

#31230B #634717 #956B22 #C78F2D #D9AA58

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.77

#956B22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.40

#956B22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #956B22

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956B22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##956B22	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)

#7B6D17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857725

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A25F5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956b22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 107, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.102 77.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b99562',
    500: '#956b22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956b22;
$custom-light: #b99562;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956b22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.087,
    "s": 62.842,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55777,
    "c": 0.102,
    "h": 77.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956B22

secondary

#567BBD

accent

#7EE642

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F7F1EB

border

#D0CBC6

text

#120D05

muted

#817E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #956B22

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

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