#956E35#956E35

#956E35 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.089 H 74.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956E35
RGB	rgb(149, 110, 53)
HSL	hsl(36, 48%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(36, 64%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.2%, 64.4%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.25, 9.10, 37.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.25, 38.25, 76.24°)
OKLab	oklab(56.59% 0.0237 0.0859)
OKLCH	oklch(56.59% 0.089 74.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.6141, 17.7998, 5.8228)
Luminance	0.1780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956E35 #355C95

analogous

#953E35 #956E35 #8C9535

triadic

#956E35 #35956E #6E3595

tetradic

#956E35 #35953E #355C95 #95358C

square

#956E35 #35953E #355C95 #95358C

split-complementary

#956E35 #358C95 #3E3595

monochromatic

#3B2B15 #684D25 #956E35 #BE8F49 #CEAA76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.61

#956E35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.56

#956E35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #956E35

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956E35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##956E35	1.00	4.61	4.56	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C702F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867937

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A26461

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956e35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 110, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.089 74.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b7976e',
    500: '#956e35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956e35;
$custom-light: #b7976e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956e35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.625,
    "s": 47.525,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56588,
    "c": 0.08905,
    "h": 74.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956E35

secondary

#6F8CB7

accent

#87D751

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EC

border

#D0CCC7

text

#120D07

muted

#817E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #956E35

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

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