#956B2F#956B2F

#956B2F is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.093 H 73.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956B2F
RGB	rgb(149, 107, 47)
HSL	hsl(35, 52%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(35, 68%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.2%, 68.5%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.40, 10.43, 39.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.40, 40.61, 75.12°)
OKLab	oklab(55.9% 0.0267 0.0894)
OKLCH	oklch(55.9% 0.093 73.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.1664, 17.1116, 5.0349)
Luminance	0.1711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956B2F #2F5995

analogous

#95382F #956B2F #8C952F

triadic

#956B2F #2F956B #6B2F95

tetradic

#956B2F #2F9538 #2F5995 #952F8C

square

#956B2F #2F9538 #2F5995 #952F8C

split-complementary

#956B2F #2F8C95 #382F95

monochromatic

#382812 #664A20 #956B2F #C28C3F #D1A86D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#956B2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#956B2F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #956B2F

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956B2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##956B2F	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)

#7A6D28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847731

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2605E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956b2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 107, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.093 73.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8956a',
    500: '#956b2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956b2f;
$custom-light: #b8956a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956b2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.294,
    "s": 52.041,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55901,
    "c": 0.09329,
    "h": 73.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956B2F

secondary

#6789B8

accent

#87DB4C

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F7F1EB

border

#D0CBC6

text

#120D07

muted

#817E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #956B2F

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

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