#856A3E#856A3E

#856A3E is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.070 H 78.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#856A3E
RGB	rgb(133, 106, 62)
HSL	hsl(37, 36%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(37, 53%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 53.4%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.50, 4.91, 28.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.50, 29.03, 80.25°)
OKLab	oklab(54.07% 0.0138 0.0686)
OKLCH	oklch(54.07% 0.07 78.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.6971, 15.6433, 6.7492)
Luminance	0.1564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#856A3E #3E5985

analogous

#85463E #856A3E #7C853E

triadic

#856A3E #3E856A #6A3E85

tetradic

#856A3E #3E8546 #3E5985 #853E7C

square

#856A3E #3E8546 #3E5985 #853E7C

split-complementary

#856A3E #3E7C85 #463E85

monochromatic

#322717 #5B492B #856A3E #AE8B52 #C2A77C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.09

#856A3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.13

#856A3E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #856A3E

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##856A3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##856A3E	1.00	5.09	4.13	5.09
#FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756A3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B713F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F625F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #856a3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 106, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.070 78.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aa9474',
    500: '#856a3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #856a3e;
$custom-light: #aa9474;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#856a3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.183,
    "s": 36.41,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54066,
    "c": 0.06993,
    "h": 78.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#856A3E

secondary

#7389AC

accent

#86CC5B

background

#FAF9F7

surface

#F4F1ED

border

#CECBC8

text

#100D08

muted

#7F7E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #856A3E

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

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