#956B23#956B23

#956B23 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.101 H 76.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956B23
RGB	rgb(149, 107, 35)
HSL	hsl(38, 62%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(38, 77%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.2%, 76.5%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.29, 9.77, 44.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.29, 45.81, 77.69°)
OKLab	oklab(55.79% 0.0231 0.0987)
OKLCH	oklch(55.79% 0.101 76.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.9567, 17.0277, 3.9307)
Luminance	0.1703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956B23 #234D95

analogous

#953223 #956B23 #869523

triadic

#956B23 #23956B #6B2395

tetradic

#956B23 #239532 #234D95 #952386

square

#956B23 #239532 #234D95 #952386

split-complementary

#956B23 #238695 #322395

monochromatic

#32240C #634717 #956B23 #C78F2F #D8AA5A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.77

#956B23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.41

#956B23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #956B23

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956B23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##956B23	1.00	4.77	4.41	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B6D19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857726

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2605C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956b23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 107, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.101 76.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b89563',
    500: '#956b23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956b23;
$custom-light: #b89563;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956b23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.895,
    "s": 61.957,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55785,
    "c": 0.1014,
    "h": 76.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956B23

secondary

#577DBD

accent

#7FE543

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F7F1EB

border

#D0CBC6

text

#120D05

muted

#817E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #956B23

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

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