#956C1A#956C1A

#956C1A is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.106 H 79.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956C1A
RGB	rgb(149, 108, 26)
HSL	hsl(40, 70%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(40, 83%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.5%, 82.6%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.50, 8.82, 48.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.50, 49.33, 79.70°)
OKLab	oklab(55.93% 0.0192 0.1048)
OKLCH	oklch(55.93% 0.107 79.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.9447, 17.1907, 3.3501)
Luminance	0.1719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956C1A #1A4395

analogous

#952F1A #956C1A #81951A

triadic

#956C1A #1A956C #6C1A95

tetradic

#956C1A #1A952F #1A4395 #951A81

square

#956C1A #1A952F #1A4395 #951A81

split-complementary

#956C1A #1A8195 #2F1A95

monochromatic

#2D2008 #614611 #956C1A #C99223 #DFAE4A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#956C1A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#956C1A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #956C1A

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956C1A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##956C1A	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C6D08

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86771E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3605D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956c1a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 108, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.106 79.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9955e',
    500: '#956c1a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956c1a;
$custom-light: #b9955e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956c1a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 70.286,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55927,
    "c": 0.1065,
    "h": 79.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956C1A

secondary

#4A71C1

accent

#76ED3B

background

#FCF9F5

surface

#F8F1E9

border

#D1CBC5

text

#120D05

muted

#817E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #956C1A

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

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