#956E2D#956E2D

#956E2D is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.095 H 77.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956E2D
RGB	rgb(149, 110, 45)
HSL	hsl(38, 54%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(38, 70%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.2%, 69.8%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.17, 8.58, 41.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.17, 41.95, 78.20°)
OKLab	oklab(56.5% 0.021 0.0929)
OKLCH	oklch(56.5% 0.095 77.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.4452, 17.7323, 4.9333)
Luminance	0.1773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956E2D #2D5495

analogous

#953A2D #956E2D #88952D

triadic

#956E2D #2D956E #6E2D95

tetradic

#956E2D #2D953A #2D5495 #952D88

square

#956E2D #2D953A #2D5495 #952D88

split-complementary

#956E2D #2D8895 #3A2D95

monochromatic

#372911 #664B1F #956E2D #C4913B #D2AB6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.62

#956E2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.55

#956E2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #956E2D

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956E2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##956E2D	1.00	4.62	4.55	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D6F25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86792F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A26360

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956e2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 110, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.095 77.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b89769',
    500: '#956e2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956e2d;
$custom-light: #b89769;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956e2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.5,
    "s": 53.608,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56497,
    "c": 0.09524,
    "h": 77.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956E2D

secondary

#6584B9

accent

#82DD4B

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F7F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#120D06

muted

#817E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #956E2D

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

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