#956D1A#956D1A

#956D1A is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.107 H 80.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956D1A
RGB	rgb(149, 109, 26)
HSL	hsl(40, 70%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(40, 83%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.8%, 82.6%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.76, 8.25, 48.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.76, 49.46, 80.40°)
OKLab	oklab(56.13% 0.0176 0.1053)
OKLCH	oklch(56.13% 0.107 80.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.0508, 17.4029, 3.3855)
Luminance	0.1740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956D1A #1A4295

analogous

#95301A #956D1A #80951A

triadic

#956D1A #1A956D #6D1A95

tetradic

#956D1A #1A9530 #1A4295 #951A80

square

#956D1A #1A9530 #1A4295 #951A80

split-complementary

#956D1A #1A8095 #301A95

monochromatic

#2D2108 #614711 #956D1A #C99323 #DFAF4A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.69

#956D1A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.48

#956D1A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #956D1A

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956D1A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##956D1A	1.00	4.69	4.48	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D6E08

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86781E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2615D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956d1a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 109, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.107 80.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9965e',
    500: '#956d1a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956d1a;
$custom-light: #b9965e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956d1a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.488,
    "s": 70.286,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56134,
    "c": 0.10672,
    "h": 80.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956D1A

secondary

#4A70C1

accent

#75ED3B

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F7F1E9

border

#D0CBC5

text

#120D05

muted

#817E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #956D1A

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

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