#956E2A#956E2A

#956E2A is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.097 H 78.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956E2A
RGB	rgb(149, 110, 42)
HSL	hsl(38, 56%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(38, 72%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.2%, 71.8%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.14, 8.40, 42.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.14, 43.28, 78.81°)
OKLab	oklab(56.47% 0.02 0.0953)
OKLCH	oklch(56.47% 0.097 78.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.3895, 17.7100, 4.6399)
Luminance	0.1771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956E2A #2A5195

analogous

#95392A #956E2A #86952A

triadic

#956E2A #2A956E #6E2A95

tetradic

#956E2A #2A9539 #2A5195 #952A86

square

#956E2A #2A9539 #2A5195 #952A86

split-complementary

#956E2A #2A8695 #392A95

monochromatic

#36280F #654B1D #956E2A #C59137 #D4AC66

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.62

#956E2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.54

#956E2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #956E2A

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956E2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##956E2A	1.00	4.62	4.54	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D6F22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86792C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A26360

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956e2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 110, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.097 78.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b89767',
    500: '#956e2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956e2a;
$custom-light: #b89767;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956e2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.131,
    "s": 56.021,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56467,
    "c": 0.0974,
    "h": 78.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956E2A

secondary

#6181BA

accent

#7FDF48

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F7F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#120D06

muted

#817E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #956E2A

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

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