#956C23#956C23

#956C23 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.102 H 77.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956C23
RGB	rgb(149, 108, 35)
HSL	hsl(38, 62%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(38, 77%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.5%, 76.5%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.56, 9.19, 45.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.56, 45.94, 78.46°)
OKLab	oklab(55.99% 0.0214 0.0993)
OKLCH	oklch(55.99% 0.102 77.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.0616, 17.2375, 3.9657)
Luminance	0.1724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956C23 #234C95

analogous

#953323 #956C23 #859523

triadic

#956C23 #23956C #6C2395

tetradic

#956C23 #239533 #234C95 #952385

square

#956C23 #239533 #234C95 #952385

split-complementary

#956C23 #238595 #332395

monochromatic

#32240C #634817 #956C23 #C7902F #D8AB5A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#956C23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#956C23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #956C23

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956C23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##956C23	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C6D18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857726

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2615D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956c23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 108, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.102 77.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b89563',
    500: '#956c23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956c23;
$custom-light: #b89563;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956c23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.421,
    "s": 61.957,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55991,
    "c": 0.10157,
    "h": 77.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956C23

secondary

#577CBD

accent

#7DE543

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F7F1EB

border

#D0CBC6

text

#120D05

muted

#817E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #956C23

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

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