#855B1A#855B1A

#855B1A is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.095 H 73.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#855B1A
RGB	rgb(133, 91, 26)
HSL	hsl(36, 67%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(36, 80%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.6%, 80.5%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.07, 11.23, 41.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.07, 43.40, 75.00°)
OKLab	oklab(50.47% 0.0272 0.0915)
OKLCH	oklch(50.47% 0.095 73.4)
XYZ	xyz(13.6014, 12.5445, 2.6821)
Luminance	0.1254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#855B1A #1A4485

analogous

#85251A #855B1A #79851A

triadic

#855B1A #1A855B #5B1A85

tetradic

#855B1A #1A8525 #1A4485 #851A79

square

#855B1A #1A8525 #1A4485 #851A79

split-complementary

#855B1A #1A7985 #251A85

monochromatic

#1F1506 #523810 #855B1A #B87E24 #DA9D40

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.99

#855B1A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.51

#855B1A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #855B1A

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##855B1A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##855B1A	1.00	5.99	3.51	5.99
#FFFFFF	5.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A5D0F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#74671C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91504E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #855b1a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 91, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.095 73.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad895c',
    500: '#855b1a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #855b1a;
$custom-light: #ad895c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#855b1a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.449,
    "s": 67.296,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50471,
    "c": 0.09542,
    "h": 73.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#855B1A

secondary

#4271B8

accent

#81EA3E

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0E9

border

#D0CBC5

text

#110B04

muted

#807C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #855B1A

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

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