#956D2E#956D2E

#956D2E is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.094 H 75.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956D2E
RGB	rgb(149, 109, 46)
HSL	hsl(37, 53%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(37, 69%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.8%, 69.1%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.92, 9.21, 40.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.92, 41.34, 77.13°)
OKLab	oklab(56.3% 0.023 0.0915)
OKLCH	oklch(56.3% 0.094 75.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.3574, 17.5255, 5.0001)
Luminance	0.1752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956D2E #2E5695

analogous

#95392E #956D2E #89952E

triadic

#956D2E #2E956D #6D2E95

tetradic

#956D2E #2E9539 #2E5695 #952E89

square

#956D2E #2E9539 #2E5695 #952E89

split-complementary

#956D2E #2E8995 #392E95

monochromatic

#372911 #664B20 #956D2E #C38F3D #D2AA6C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.66

#956D2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.50

#956D2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #956D2E

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956D2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##956D2E	1.00	4.66	4.50	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C6E27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#857830

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2625F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956d2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 109, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.094 75.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8966a',
    500: '#956d2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956d2e;
$custom-light: #b8966a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956d2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.699,
    "s": 52.821,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56301,
    "c": 0.09431,
    "h": 75.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956D2E

secondary

#6686B9

accent

#84DC4C

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F7F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#120D06

muted

#817E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #956D2E

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

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