#956E27#956E27

#956E27 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.099 H 78.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956E27
RGB	rgb(149, 110, 39)
HSL	hsl(39, 59%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(39, 74%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.2%, 73.8%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.12, 8.24, 43.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.12, 44.58, 79.35°)
OKLab	oklab(56.44% 0.0191 0.0976)
OKLCH	oklch(56.44% 0.099 78.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.3378, 17.6893, 4.3676)
Luminance	0.1769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956E27 #274E95

analogous

#953727 #956E27 #859527

triadic

#956E27 #27956E #6E2795

tetradic

#956E27 #279537 #274E95 #952785

square

#956E27 #279537 #274E95 #952785

split-complementary

#956E27 #278595 #372795

monochromatic

#34260E #644A1A #956E27 #C69234 #D6AC61

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.63

#956E27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.54

#956E27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #956E27

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956E27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##956E27	1.00	4.63	4.54	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D6F1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86792A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A2635F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956e27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 110, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.099 78.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b89765',
    500: '#956e27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956e27;
$custom-light: #b89765;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956e27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.727,
    "s": 58.511,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56439,
    "c": 0.09945,
    "h": 78.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956E27

secondary

#5D7EBB

accent

#7DE246

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F7F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#120D06

muted

#817E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #956E27

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

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