#956C1B#956C1B

#956C1B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.106 H 79.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956C1B
RGB	rgb(149, 108, 27)
HSL	hsl(40, 69%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(40, 82%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.5%, 81.9%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.51, 8.86, 48.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.51, 48.98, 79.58°)
OKLab	oklab(55.93% 0.0194 0.1042)
OKLCH	oklch(55.93% 0.106 79.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.9561, 17.1953, 3.4100)
Luminance	0.1719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956C1B #1B4495

analogous

#952F1B #956C1B #81951B

triadic

#956C1B #1B956C #6C1B95

tetradic

#956C1B #1B952F #1B4495 #951B81

square

#956C1B #1B952F #1B4495 #951B81

split-complementary

#956C1B #1B8195 #2F1B95

monochromatic

#2D2108 #614612 #956C1B #C99224 #DFAD4C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#956C1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#956C1B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #956C1B

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956C1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##956C1B	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)

#7C6D0A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86771F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A3605D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956c1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 108, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.106 79.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9955f',
    500: '#956c1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956c1b;
$custom-light: #b9955f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956c1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.836,
    "s": 69.318,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55933,
    "c": 0.10601,
    "h": 79.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956C1B

secondary

#4B73C1

accent

#77EC3C

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F7F1EA

border

#D0CBC6

text

#120D05

muted

#817E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #956C1B

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

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