#856A4F#856A4F

#856A4F is a mid, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.052 H 66.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#856A4F
RGB	rgb(133, 106, 79)
HSL	hsl(30, 25%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(30, 41%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 40.6%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.79, 6.80, 19.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.79, 20.40, 70.55°)
OKLab	oklab(54.38% 0.021 0.048)
OKLCH	oklch(54.38% 0.052 66.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.2387, 15.8600, 9.6016)
Luminance	0.1586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#856A4F #4F6A85

analogous

#854F4F #856A4F #85854F

triadic

#856A4F #4F856A #6A4F85

tetradic

#856A4F #4F854F #4F6A85 #854F85

square

#856A4F #4F854F #4F6A85 #854F85

split-complementary

#856A4F #4F8585 #4F4F85

monochromatic

#382D21 #5F4B38 #856A4F #A7896A #BEA791

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.03

#856A4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#856A4F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #856A4F

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##856A4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##856A4F	1.00	5.03	4.17	5.03
#FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736B4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#79714F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E6463

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #856a4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 106, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.052 66.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aa9480',
    500: '#856a4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #856a4f;
$custom-light: #aa9480;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#856a4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30,
    "s": 25.472,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54384,
    "c": 0.0524,
    "h": 66.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.15859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#856A4F

secondary

#8698AA

accent

#94C266

background

#FAF9F7

surface

#F4F1EE

border

#CECBC9

text

#100D0A

muted

#7F7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #856A4F

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

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