#956E5D#956E5D

#956E5D is a mid, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.056 H 44.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956E5D
RGB	rgb(149, 110, 93)
HSL	hsl(18, 23%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(18, 38%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.2%, 37.6%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.90, 13.09, 15.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.90, 20.32, 49.88°)
OKLab	oklab(57.3% 0.04 0.0394)
OKLCH	oklch(57.3% 0.056 44.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.9468, 18.3329, 12.8418)
Luminance	0.1833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956E5D #5D8495

analogous

#955D68 #956E5D #958A5D

triadic

#956E5D #5D956E #6E5D95

tetradic

#956E5D #68955D #5D8495 #8A5D95

square

#956E5D #68955D #5D8495 #8A5D95

split-complementary

#956E5D #5D958A #5D6895

monochromatic

#4A362E #6F5245 #956E5D #B08E80 #C7B0A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.50

#956E5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.67

#956E5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956E5D

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956E5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956E5D	1.00	4.50	4.67	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#78725C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817A5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9F6869

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956e5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 110, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.056 44.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5978b',
    500: '#956e5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956e5d;
$custom-light: #b5978b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956e5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.214,
    "s": 23.14,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57301,
    "c": 0.05613,
    "h": 44.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956E5D

secondary

#99ADB5

accent

#A5C068

background

#FBF9F8

surface

#F6F2F0

border

#D0CCCB

text

#110D0C

muted

#807E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #956E5D

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

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