#855B4A#855B4A

#855B4A is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.062 H 42.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#855B4A
RGB	rgb(133, 91, 74)
HSL	hsl(17, 29%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(17, 44%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.6%, 44.4%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.71, 15.03, 16.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.71, 22.49, 48.08°)
OKLab	oklab(51.18% 0.0451 0.0419)
OKLCH	oklch(51.18% 0.062 42.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.6506, 12.9642, 8.2079)
Luminance	0.1296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#855B4A #4A7485

analogous

#854A56 #855B4A #85784A

triadic

#855B4A #4A855B #5B4A85

tetradic

#855B4A #56854A #4A7485 #784A85

square

#855B4A #56854A #4A7485 #784A85

split-complementary

#855B4A #4A8578 #4A5685

monochromatic

#36251E #5E4034 #855B4A #A97764 #BE9A8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.85

#855B4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.59

#855B4A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #855B4A

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##855B4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##855B4A	1.00	5.85	3.59	5.85
#FFFFFF	5.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#666049

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#70684A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F5457

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #855b4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 91, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.062 42.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aa897c',
    500: '#855b4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #855b4a;
$custom-light: #aa897c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#855b4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.288,
    "s": 28.502,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51176,
    "c": 0.06158,
    "h": 42.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#855B4A

secondary

#809EAA

accent

#A9C563

background

#FAF8F7

surface

#F4F0EE

border

#CECBC9

text

#100B09

muted

#7F7C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #855B4A

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

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