#956E1F#956E1F

#956E1F is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.104 H 80.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956E1F
RGB	rgb(149, 110, 31)
HSL	hsl(40, 66%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(40, 79%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.2%, 79.2%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.06, 7.87, 47.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.06, 47.80, 80.53°)
OKLab	oklab(56.37% 0.017 0.103)
OKLCH	oklch(56.37% 0.104 80.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.2189, 17.6418, 3.7417)
Luminance	0.1764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956E1F #1F4695

analogous

#95331F #956E1F #81951F

triadic

#956E1F #1F956E #6E1F95

tetradic

#956E1F #1F9533 #1F4695 #951F81

square

#956E1F #1F9533 #1F4695 #951F81

split-complementary

#956E1F #1F8195 #331F95

monochromatic

#30230A #624914 #956E1F #C8932A #DBAE53

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.64

#956E1F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.53

#956E1F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #956E1F

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956E1F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##956E1F	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)

#7E6F11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877923

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2635F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956e1f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 110, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.104 80.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b99761',
    500: '#956e1f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956e1f;
$custom-light: #b99761;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956e1f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.169,
    "s": 65.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56374,
    "c": 0.10435,
    "h": 80.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956E1F

secondary

#5175BF

accent

#77E93F

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F7F2EA

border

#D0CCC6

text

#120D05

muted

#817E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #956E1F

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

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