#956E1A#956E1A

#956E1A is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.107 H 81.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956E1A
RGB	rgb(149, 110, 26)
HSL	hsl(41, 70%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(41, 83%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.2%, 82.6%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.03, 7.67, 49.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.03, 49.60, 81.10°)
OKLab	oklab(56.34% 0.0159 0.1058)
OKLCH	oklch(56.34% 0.107 81.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.1581, 17.6174, 3.4212)
Luminance	0.1762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956E1A #1A4195

analogous

#95311A #956E1A #7F951A

triadic

#956E1A #1A956E #6E1A95

tetradic

#956E1A #1A9531 #1A4195 #951A7F

square

#956E1A #1A9531 #1A4195 #951A7F

split-complementary

#956E1A #1A7F95 #311A95

monochromatic

#2D2108 #614811 #956E1A #C99423 #DFB04A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.64

#956E1A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.52

#956E1A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #956E1A

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956E1A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##956E1A	1.00	4.64	4.52	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E6F07

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87791E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2625E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956e1a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 110, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.107 81.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9975f',
    500: '#956e1a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956e1a;
$custom-light: #b9975f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956e1a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.976,
    "s": 70.286,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56341,
    "c": 0.10696,
    "h": 81.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956E1A

secondary

#4A70C1

accent

#73ED3B

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F7F2E9

border

#D0CCC5

text

#120D05

muted

#817E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #956E1A

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

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