#956E1B#956E1B

#956E1B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.106 H 81.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956E1B
RGB	rgb(149, 110, 27)
HSL	hsl(41, 69%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(41, 82%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.2%, 81.9%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.03, 7.71, 48.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.03, 49.26, 81.00°)
OKLab	oklab(56.35% 0.0161 0.1052)
OKLCH	oklch(56.35% 0.106 81.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.1694, 17.6220, 3.4811)
Luminance	0.1762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956E1B #1B4295

analogous

#95311B #956E1B #7F951B

triadic

#956E1B #1B956E #6E1B95

tetradic

#956E1B #1B9531 #1B4295 #951B7F

square

#956E1B #1B9531 #1B4295 #951B7F

split-complementary

#956E1B #1B7F95 #311B95

monochromatic

#2D2208 #614812 #956E1B #C99424 #DFB04C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.64

#956E1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.52

#956E1B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #956E1B

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956E1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##956E1B	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)

#7E6F09

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87791F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2625E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956e1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 110, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.106 81.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b9975f',
    500: '#956e1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956e1b;
$custom-light: #b9975f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956e1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.82,
    "s": 69.318,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56347,
    "c": 0.10647,
    "h": 81.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956E1B

secondary

#4B71C1

accent

#74EC3C

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F7F2EA

border

#D0CCC6

text

#120D05

muted

#817E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #956E1B

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

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