#856B1A#856B1A

#856B1A is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.100 H 89.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#856B1A
RGB	rgb(133, 107, 26)
HSL	hsl(45, 67%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(45, 80%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 80.5%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.42, 1.88, 45.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.42, 46.01, 87.66°)
OKLab	oklab(53.88% 0.0002 0.1002)
OKLCH	oklch(53.88% 0.1 89.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.1179, 15.5775, 3.1876)
Luminance	0.1558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#856B1A #1A3485

analogous

#85351A #856B1A #69851A

triadic

#856B1A #1A856B #6B1A85

tetradic

#856B1A #1A8535 #1A3485 #851A69

square

#856B1A #1A8535 #1A3485 #851A69

split-complementary

#856B1A #1A6985 #351A85

monochromatic

#1F1906 #524210 #856B1A #B89424 #DAB440

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.10

#856B1A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.12

#856B1A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #856B1A

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##856B1A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##856B1A	1.00	5.10	4.12	5.10
#FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#786A09

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E711F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91615C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #856b1a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 107, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.100 89.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac955e',
    500: '#856b1a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #856b1a;
$custom-light: #ac955e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#856b1a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.421,
    "s": 67.296,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5388,
    "c": 0.10015,
    "h": 89.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.15577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#856B1A

secondary

#425FB8

accent

#68EA3E

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F1E9

border

#D0CBC5

text

#110D05

muted

#807E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #856B1A

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

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