#956B59#956B59

#956B59 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.061 H 44.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956B59
RGB	rgb(149, 107, 89)
HSL	hsl(18, 25%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(18, 40%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.2%, 40.3%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.04, 14.32, 16.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.04, 22.01, 49.40°)
OKLab	oklab(56.61% 0.0434 0.0422)
OKLCH	oklch(56.61% 0.061 44.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.4560, 17.6275, 11.8269)
Luminance	0.1763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956B59 #598395

analogous

#955965 #956B59 #958959

triadic

#956B59 #59956B #6B5995

tetradic

#956B59 #659559 #598395 #895995

square

#956B59 #659559 #598395 #895995

split-complementary

#956B59 #599589 #596595

monochromatic

#48342B #6F4F42 #956B59 #B08B7B #C7ADA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.64

#956B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.53

#956B59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #956B59

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##956B59	1.00	4.64	4.53	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766F58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807859

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F6466

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 107, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.061 44.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b69588',
    500: '#956b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956b59;
$custom-light: #b69588;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18,
    "s": 25.21,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56608,
    "c": 0.06053,
    "h": 44.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956B59

secondary

#95ABB5

accent

#A6C266

background

#FBF9F8

surface

#F6F1EF

border

#D0CBCA

text

#110D0B

muted

#807E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #956B59

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →