#856A4E#856A4E

#856A4E is a mid, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.053 H 67.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#856A4E
RGB	rgb(133, 106, 78)
HSL	hsl(31, 26%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(31, 41%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 41.4%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.77, 6.67, 19.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.77, 20.89, 71.38°)
OKLab	oklab(54.36% 0.0206 0.0493)
OKLCH	oklch(54.36% 0.053 67.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.2025, 15.8455, 9.4113)
Luminance	0.1585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#856A4E #4E6985

analogous

#854F4E #856A4E #85854E

triadic

#856A4E #4E856A #6A4E85

tetradic

#856A4E #4E854F #4E6985 #854E85

square

#856A4E #4E854F #4E6985 #854E85

split-complementary

#856A4E #4E8585 #4F4E85

monochromatic

#382D21 #5E4B37 #856A4E #A78969 #BEA790

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.04

#856A4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#856A4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #856A4E

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##856A4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##856A4E	1.00	5.04	4.17	5.04
#FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736B4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#79714F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E6463

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #856a4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 106, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.053 67.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aa9480',
    500: '#856a4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #856a4e;
$custom-light: #aa9480;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#856a4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.545,
    "s": 26.066,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54363,
    "c": 0.05341,
    "h": 67.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#856A4E

secondary

#8497AA

accent

#93C265

background

#FAF9F7

surface

#F4F1EE

border

#CECBC9

text

#100D0A

muted

#7F7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #856A4E

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

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