#856A23#856A23

#856A23 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.094 H 87.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#856A23
RGB	rgb(133, 106, 35)
HSL	hsl(43, 58%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(43, 74%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 73.7%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.20, 2.88, 42.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.20, 42.16, 86.08°)
OKLab	oklab(53.73% 0.0042 0.0938)
OKLCH	oklch(53.73% 0.094 87.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.1311, 15.4169, 3.7686)
Luminance	0.1542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#856A23 #233E85

analogous

#853923 #856A23 #6F8523

triadic

#856A23 #23856A #6A2385

tetradic

#856A23 #238539 #233E85 #85236F

square

#856A23 #238539 #233E85 #85236F

split-complementary

#856A23 #236F85 #392385

monochromatic

#241D09 #554316 #856A23 #B59130 #D1AE51

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.14

#856A23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.08

#856A23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #856A23

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##856A23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##856A23	1.00	5.14	4.08	5.14
#FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#776919

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7026

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90605C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #856a23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 106, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.094 87.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac9462',
    500: '#856a23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #856a23;
$custom-light: #ac9462;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#856a23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.469,
    "s": 58.333,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5373,
    "c": 0.09386,
    "h": 87.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#856A23

secondary

#4F6BB5

accent

#71E246

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F1EB

border

#D0CBC6

text

#110D05

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #856A23

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

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