#956E41#956E41

#956E41 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.079 H 69.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956E41
RGB	rgb(149, 110, 65)
HSL	hsl(32, 39%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(32, 56%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.2%, 56.4%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.40, 10.06, 30.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.40, 32.51, 71.98°)
OKLab	oklab(56.76% 0.0282 0.0736)
OKLCH	oklch(56.76% 0.079 69.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.9255, 17.9244, 7.4630)
Luminance	0.1792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956E41 #416895

analogous

#954441 #956E41 #929541

triadic

#956E41 #41956E #6E4195

tetradic

#956E41 #419544 #416895 #954192

square

#956E41 #419544 #416895 #954192

split-complementary

#956E41 #419295 #444195

monochromatic

#402F1C #6A4F2E #956E41 #B88D5C #CAAB86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.58

#956E41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.58

#956E41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956E41

4.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956E41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956E41	1.00	4.58	4.58	4.58
#FFFFFF	4.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B703D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#847942

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A16563

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956e41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 110, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.079 69.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b79776',
    500: '#956e41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956e41;
$custom-light: #b79776;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956e41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.143,
    "s": 39.252,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56756,
    "c": 0.07885,
    "h": 69.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956E41

secondary

#7D97B5

accent

#90CF59

background

#FBF9F7

surface

#F6F2ED

border

#D0CCC8

text

#120D08

muted

#817E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #956E41

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

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