#956E2C#956E2C

#956E2C is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.096 H 77.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956E2C
RGB	rgb(149, 110, 44)
HSL	hsl(38, 54%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(38, 70%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.2%, 70.5%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.16, 8.52, 41.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.16, 42.40, 78.41°)
OKLab	oklab(56.49% 0.0206 0.0937)
OKLCH	oklch(56.49% 0.096 77.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.4261, 17.7247, 4.8331)
Luminance	0.1772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956E2C #2C5395

analogous

#95392C #956E2C #87952C

triadic

#956E2C #2C956E #6E2C95

tetradic

#956E2C #2C9539 #2C5395 #952C87

square

#956E2C #2C9539 #2C5395 #952C87

split-complementary

#956E2C #2C8795 #392C95

monochromatic

#372810 #664B1E #956E2C #C4913A #D3AB69

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.62

#956E2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.54

#956E2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #956E2C

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956E2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##956E2C	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)

#7D6F24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86792E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A26360

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956e2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 110, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.096 77.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b89769',
    500: '#956e2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956e2c;
$custom-light: #b89769;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956e2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.714,
    "s": 54.404,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56486,
    "c": 0.09598,
    "h": 77.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956E2C

secondary

#6483B9

accent

#81DE4A

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F7F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#120D06

muted

#817E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #956E2C

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

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