#956C2E#956C2E

#956C2E is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.094 H 74.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956C2E
RGB	rgb(149, 108, 46)
HSL	hsl(36, 53%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(36, 69%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.5%, 69.1%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.65, 9.79, 40.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.65, 41.20, 76.26°)
OKLab	oklab(56.09% 0.0246 0.0909)
OKLCH	oklch(56.09% 0.094 74.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.2513, 17.3133, 4.9648)
Luminance	0.1731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956C2E #2E5795

analogous

#95392E #956C2E #8A952E

triadic

#956C2E #2E956C #6C2E95

tetradic

#956C2E #2E9539 #2E5795 #952E8A

square

#956C2E #2E9539 #2E5795 #952E8A

split-complementary

#956C2E #2E8A95 #392E95

monochromatic

#372811 #664A20 #956C2E #C38E3D #D2A96C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#956C2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#956C2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #956C2E

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956C2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##956C2E	1.00	4.71	4.46	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B6E27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857830

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2615F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956c2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 108, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.094 74.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8966a',
    500: '#956c2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956c2e;
$custom-light: #b8966a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956c2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.117,
    "s": 52.821,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56095,
    "c": 0.09415,
    "h": 74.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956C2E

secondary

#6687B9

accent

#85DC4C

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F7F1EB

border

#D0CBC6

text

#120D06

muted

#817E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #956C2E

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

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