#956F2B#956F2B

#956F2B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.097 H 78.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956F2B
RGB	rgb(149, 111, 43)
HSL	hsl(38, 55%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(38, 71%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.5%, 71.1%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.42, 7.88, 42.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.42, 43.00, 79.44°)
OKLab	oklab(56.68% 0.0187 0.0951)
OKLCH	oklch(56.68% 0.097 78.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.5161, 17.9342, 4.7715)
Luminance	0.1793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956F2B #2B5195

analogous

#953A2B #956F2B #86952B

triadic

#956F2B #2B956F #6F2B95

tetradic

#956F2B #2B953A #2B5195 #952B86

square

#956F2B #2B953A #2B5195 #952B86

split-complementary

#956F2B #2B8695 #3A2B95

monochromatic

#362810 #664C1D #956F2B #C49239 #D3AC67

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.58

#956F2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.59

#956F2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956F2B

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956F2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956F2B	1.00	4.58	4.59	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E7023

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87792D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A26461

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956f2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 111, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.097 78.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b89868',
    500: '#956f2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956f2b;
$custom-light: #b89868;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956f2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.491,
    "s": 55.208,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56684,
    "c": 0.09693,
    "h": 78.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956F2B

secondary

#6282BA

accent

#7FDF49

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F7F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#120D06

muted

#817E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #956F2B

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

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