#956F2E#956F2E

#956F2E is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.095 H 78.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956F2E
RGB	rgb(149, 111, 46)
HSL	hsl(38, 53%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(38, 69%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.5%, 69.1%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.44, 8.06, 40.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.44, 41.66, 78.84°)
OKLab	oklab(56.71% 0.0196 0.0927)
OKLCH	oklch(56.71% 0.095 78.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.5732, 17.9571, 5.0721)
Luminance	0.1796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956F2E #2E5495

analogous

#953B2E #956F2E #87952E

triadic

#956F2E #2E956F #6F2E95

tetradic

#956F2E #2E953B #2E5495 #952E87

square

#956F2E #2E953B #2E5495 #952E87

split-complementary

#956F2E #2E8795 #3B2E95

monochromatic

#372911 #664C20 #956F2E #C3923D #D2AC6C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#956F2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.59

#956F2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956F2E

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956F2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956F2E	1.00	4.57	4.59	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.57	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)

#7E7027

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877930

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A26461

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956f2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 111, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.095 78.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8986a',
    500: '#956f2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956f2e;
$custom-light: #b8986a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956f2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.864,
    "s": 52.821,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56714,
    "c": 0.09473,
    "h": 78.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956F2E

secondary

#6685B9

accent

#81DC4C

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#120D06

muted

#817E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #956F2E

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

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