#856A31#856A31

#856A31 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.082 H 83.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#856A31
RGB	rgb(133, 106, 49)
HSL	hsl(41, 46%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(41, 63%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 63.2%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.33, 3.79, 35.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.33, 35.63, 83.89°)
OKLab	oklab(53.88% 0.0087 0.082)
OKLCH	oklch(53.88% 0.082 83.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.3821, 15.5173, 5.0901)
Luminance	0.1552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#856A31 #314C85

analogous

#854031 #856A31 #768531

triadic

#856A31 #31856A #6A3185

tetradic

#856A31 #318540 #314C85 #853176

square

#856A31 #318540 #314C85 #853176

split-complementary

#856A31 #317685 #403185

monochromatic

#2C2310 #584621 #856A31 #B28E41 #C8A969

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.12

#856A31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.10

#856A31 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #856A31

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##856A31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##856A31	1.00	5.12	4.10	5.12
#FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766A2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7133

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90615D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #856a31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 106, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.082 83.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ab946b',
    500: '#856a31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #856a31;
$custom-light: #ab946b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#856a31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.714,
    "s": 46.154,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53879,
    "c": 0.08249,
    "h": 83.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#856A31

secondary

#637BAF

accent

#7CD652

background

#FAF9F6

surface

#F4F1EB

border

#CECBC6

text

#100D07

muted

#7F7E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #856A31

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

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