#855B1E#855B1E

#855B1E is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.093 H 72.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#855B1E
RGB	rgb(133, 91, 30)
HSL	hsl(36, 63%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(36, 77%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.6%, 77.4%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.10, 11.41, 40.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.10, 41.80, 74.16°)
OKLab	oklab(50.5% 0.0283 0.0888)
OKLCH	oklch(50.5% 0.093 72.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.6493, 12.5636, 2.9342)
Luminance	0.1256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#855B1E #1E4885

analogous

#85281E #855B1E #7C851E

triadic

#855B1E #1E855B #5B1E85

tetradic

#855B1E #1E8528 #1E4885 #851E7C

square

#855B1E #1E8528 #1E4885 #851E7C

split-complementary

#855B1E #1E7C85 #281E85

monochromatic

#211707 #533913 #855B1E #B77D29 #D69C48

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.98

#855B1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.51

#855B1E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #855B1E

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##855B1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##855B1E	1.00	5.98	3.51	5.98
#FFFFFF	5.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A5D15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746720

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91504F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #855b1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 91, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.093 72.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ad895e',
    500: '#855b1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #855b1e;
$custom-light: #ad895e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#855b1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.534,
    "s": 63.19,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50504,
    "c": 0.09314,
    "h": 72.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#855B1E

secondary

#4775B8

accent

#85E642

background

#FBF8F5

surface

#F6F0E9

border

#D0CBC5

text

#110B04

muted

#807C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #855B1E

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

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