#956E21#956E21

#956E21 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.103 H 80.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956E21
RGB	rgb(149, 110, 33)
HSL	hsl(40, 64%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(40, 78%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.2%, 77.9%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.07, 7.95, 46.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.07, 47.03, 80.27°)
OKLab	oklab(56.39% 0.0175 0.1017)
OKLCH	oklch(56.39% 0.103 80.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.2461, 17.6526, 3.8849)
Luminance	0.1765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956E21 #214895

analogous

#953421 #956E21 #829521

triadic

#956E21 #21956E #6E2195

tetradic

#956E21 #219534 #214895 #952182

square

#956E21 #219534 #214895 #952182

split-complementary

#956E21 #218295 #342195

monochromatic

#31240B #634916 #956E21 #C7932C #DAAE57

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.64

#956E21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.53

#956E21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #956E21

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956E21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##956E21	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)

#7D6F15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877924

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2635F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956e21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 110, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.103 80.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b89762',
    500: '#956e21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956e21;
$custom-light: #b89762;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956e21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.828,
    "s": 63.736,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56389,
    "c": 0.1032,
    "h": 80.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956E21

secondary

#5478BE

accent

#79E741

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F7F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#120D05

muted

#817E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #956E21

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

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