#956B56#956B56

#956B56 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.062 H 47.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956B56
RGB	rgb(149, 107, 86)
HSL	hsl(20, 27%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(20, 42%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.2%, 42.3%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.98, 13.96, 18.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.98, 23.09, 52.79°)
OKLab	oklab(56.54% 0.0421 0.0461)
OKLCH	oklch(56.54% 0.062 47.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.3326, 17.5781, 11.1769)
Luminance	0.1758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956B56 #568095

analogous

#955660 #956B56 #958A56

triadic

#956B56 #56956B #6B5695

tetradic

#956B56 #609556 #568095 #8A5695

square

#956B56 #609556 #568095 #8A5695

split-complementary

#956B56 #56958A #566095

monochromatic

#473329 #6E4F40 #956B56 #B18B77 #C7AC9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.65

#956B56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.52

#956B56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #956B56

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956B56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##956B56	1.00	4.65	4.52	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766F54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807856

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A06465

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956b56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 107, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.062 47.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b69585',
    500: '#956b56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956b56;
$custom-light: #b69585;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956b56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20,
    "s": 26.809,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56541,
    "c": 0.06244,
    "h": 47.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956B56

secondary

#92A9B5

accent

#A4C365

background

#FBF9F8

surface

#F6F1EF

border

#D0CBCA

text

#110D0B

muted

#807E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #956B56

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

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