#956E55#956E55

#956E55 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.062 H 53.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956E55
RGB	rgb(149, 110, 85)
HSL	hsl(23, 27%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(23, 43%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.2%, 43%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.74, 12.11, 19.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.74, 23.37, 58.79°)
OKLab	oklab(57.12% 0.0365 0.0499)
OKLCH	oklch(57.12% 0.062 53.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.6108, 18.1985, 11.0723)
Luminance	0.1820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956E55 #557C95

analogous

#95555C #956E55 #958E55

triadic

#956E55 #55956E #6E5595

tetradic

#956E55 #5C9555 #557C95 #8E5595

square

#956E55 #5C9555 #557C95 #8E5595

split-complementary

#956E55 #55958E #555C95

monochromatic

#473429 #6E513F #956E55 #B18D76 #C7AE9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.53

#956E55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.64

#956E55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956E55

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956E55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956E55	1.00	4.53	4.64	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#797153

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#827A55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A06767

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956e55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 110, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.062 53.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b69785',
    500: '#956e55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956e55;
$custom-light: #b69785;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956e55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.438,
    "s": 27.35,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57122,
    "c": 0.0618,
    "h": 53.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956E55

secondary

#91A7B5

accent

#9EC464

background

#FBF9F8

surface

#F6F2EF

border

#D0CCCA

text

#110D0B

muted

#807E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #956E55

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

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