#956E1E#956E1E

#956E1E is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.105 H 80.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956E1E
RGB	rgb(149, 110, 30)
HSL	hsl(40, 66%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(40, 80%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.2%, 79.9%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.05, 7.82, 47.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.05, 48.17, 80.65°)
OKLab	oklab(56.37% 0.0168 0.1036)
OKLCH	oklch(56.37% 0.105 80.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.2059, 17.6366, 3.6734)
Luminance	0.1764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956E1E #1E4595

analogous

#95321E #956E1E #80951E

triadic

#956E1E #1E956E #6E1E95

tetradic

#956E1E #1E9532 #1E4595 #951E80

square

#956E1E #1E9532 #1E4595 #951E80

split-complementary

#956E1E #1E8095 #321E95

monochromatic

#2F2309 #624814 #956E1E #C89428 #DCAF51

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.64

#956E1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.53

#956E1E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #956E1E

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956E1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##956E1E	1.00	4.64	4.53	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E6F10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877922

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2635E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956e1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 110, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.105 80.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b99761',
    500: '#956e1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956e1e;
$custom-light: #b99761;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956e1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.336,
    "s": 66.48,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56367,
    "c": 0.1049,
    "h": 80.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956E1E

secondary

#5074BF

accent

#76E93E

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F7F2EA

border

#D0CCC6

text

#120D05

muted

#817E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #956E1E

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

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