#856A50#856A50

#856A50 is a mid, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.051 H 65.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#856A50
RGB	rgb(133, 106, 80)
HSL	hsl(29, 25%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(29, 40%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 39.8%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.81, 6.92, 18.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.81, 19.92, 69.67°)
OKLab	oklab(54.41% 0.0215 0.0467)
OKLCH	oklch(54.41% 0.051 65.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.2753, 15.8746, 9.7947)
Luminance	0.1587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#856A50 #506B85

analogous

#855051 #856A50 #858550

triadic

#856A50 #50856A #6A5085

tetradic

#856A50 #518550 #506B85 #855085

square

#856A50 #518550 #506B85 #855085

split-complementary

#856A50 #508585 #505185

monochromatic

#392D22 #5F4C39 #856A50 #A6896C #BDA792

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.03

#856A50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#856A50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #856A50

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##856A50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##856A50	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)

#736B4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797150

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E6463

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #856a50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 106, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.051 65.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aa9481',
    500: '#856a50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #856a50;
$custom-light: #aa9481;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#856a50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.434,
    "s": 24.883,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54406,
    "c": 0.0514,
    "h": 65.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#856A50

secondary

#8799AA

accent

#95C166

background

#FAF9F7

surface

#F4F1EE

border

#CECBC9

text

#100D0A

muted

#7F7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #856A50

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

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