#856B1D#856B1D

#856B1D is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.098 H 89.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#856B1D
RGB	rgb(133, 107, 29)
HSL	hsl(45, 64%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(45, 78%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 78.2%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.43, 2.01, 44.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.43, 44.87, 87.44°)
OKLab	oklab(53.9% 0.0009 0.0984)
OKLCH	oklch(53.9% 0.098 89.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.1532, 15.5916, 3.3735)
Luminance	0.1559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#856B1D #1D3785

analogous

#85371D #856B1D #6B851D

triadic

#856B1D #1D856B #6B1D85

tetradic

#856B1D #1D8537 #1D3785 #851D6B

square

#856B1D #1D8537 #1D3785 #851D6B

split-complementary

#856B1D #1D6B85 #371D85

monochromatic

#211A07 #534312 #856B1D #B79328 #D7B246

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.10

#856B1D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.12

#856B1D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #856B1D

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##856B1D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##856B1D	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)

#786A0F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7121

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90615C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #856b1d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 107, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.098 89.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac955f',
    500: '#856b1d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #856b1d;
$custom-light: #ac955f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#856b1d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 64.198,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53901,
    "c": 0.09837,
    "h": 89.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#856B1D

secondary

#4662B8

accent

#6AE741

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F1EA

border

#D0CBC6

text

#110D05

muted

#807E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #856B1D

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

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