#956E2F#956E2F

#956E2F is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.094 H 76.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956E2F
RGB	rgb(149, 110, 47)
HSL	hsl(37, 52%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(37, 68%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.2%, 68.5%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.19, 8.70, 40.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.19, 41.04, 77.76°)
OKLab	oklab(56.52% 0.0216 0.0912)
OKLCH	oklch(56.52% 0.094 76.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.4846, 17.7480, 5.1409)
Luminance	0.1775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956E2F #2F5695

analogous

#953B2F #956E2F #89952F

triadic

#956E2F #2F956E #6E2F95

tetradic

#956E2F #2F953B #2F5695 #952F89

square

#956E2F #2F953B #2F5695 #952F89

split-complementary

#956E2F #2F8995 #3B2F95

monochromatic

#382912 #664C20 #956E2F #C2903F #D1AB6D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.62

#956E2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.55

#956E2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #956E2F

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956E2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##956E2F	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)

#7D6F28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867931

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A26360

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956e2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 110, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.094 76.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8976a',
    500: '#956e2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956e2f;
$custom-light: #b8976a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956e2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.059,
    "s": 52.041,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56518,
    "c": 0.09375,
    "h": 76.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956E2F

secondary

#6786B8

accent

#83DB4C

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#120D07

muted

#817E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #956E2F

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

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