#956B2E#956B2E

#956B2E is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.094 H 73.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956B2E
RGB	rgb(149, 107, 46)
HSL	hsl(36, 53%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(36, 69%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.2%, 69.1%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.39, 10.36, 39.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.39, 41.06, 75.38°)
OKLab	oklab(55.89% 0.0263 0.0903)
OKLCH	oklch(55.89% 0.094 73.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.1464, 17.1036, 4.9298)
Luminance	0.1710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956B2E #2E5895

analogous

#95372E #956B2E #8B952E

triadic

#956B2E #2E956B #6B2E95

tetradic

#956B2E #2E9537 #2E5895 #952E8B

square

#956B2E #2E9537 #2E5895 #952E8B

split-complementary

#956B2E #2E8B95 #372E95

monochromatic

#372811 #664920 #956B2E #C38C3D #D2A86C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#956B2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#956B2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #956B2E

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956B2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##956B2E	1.00	4.75	4.42	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A6D27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847730

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2605E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956b2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 107, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.094 73.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8956a',
    500: '#956b2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956b2e;
$custom-light: #b8956a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956b2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.534,
    "s": 52.821,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5589,
    "c": 0.09402,
    "h": 73.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956B2E

secondary

#6688B9

accent

#87DC4C

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F7F1EB

border

#D0CBC6

text

#120D06

muted

#817E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #956B2E

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

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