#956E22#956E22

#956E22 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.103 H 80.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956E22
RGB	rgb(149, 110, 34)
HSL	hsl(40, 63%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(40, 77%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.2%, 77.2%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.08, 8.00, 45.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.08, 46.63, 80.13°)
OKLab	oklab(56.4% 0.0178 0.1011)
OKLCH	oklch(56.4% 0.103 80)
XYZ	xyz(18.2603, 17.6583, 3.9597)
Luminance	0.1766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956E22 #224995

analogous

#953422 #956E22 #829522

triadic

#956E22 #22956E #6E2295

tetradic

#956E22 #229534 #224995 #952282

square

#956E22 #229534 #224995 #952282

split-complementary

#956E22 #228295 #342295

monochromatic

#31240B #634917 #956E22 #C7932D #D9AD58

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.63

#956E22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.53

#956E22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #956E22

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956E22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##956E22	1.00	4.63	4.53	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D6F16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877925

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2635F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956e22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 110, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.103 80.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b89763',
    500: '#956e22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956e22;
$custom-light: #b89763;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956e22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.652,
    "s": 62.842,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56397,
    "c": 0.10261,
    "h": 80
  },
  "luminance": 0.17657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956E22

secondary

#5679BD

accent

#7AE642

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F7F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#120D05

muted

#817E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #956E22

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

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