#856B1F#856B1F

#856B1F is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.097 H 89.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#856B1F
RGB	rgb(133, 107, 31)
HSL	hsl(45, 62%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(45, 77%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 76.7%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.45, 2.10, 44.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.45, 44.08, 87.27°)
OKLab	oklab(53.92% 0.0014 0.0971)
OKLCH	oklch(53.92% 0.097 89.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.1788, 15.6018, 3.5080)
Luminance	0.1560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#856B1F #1F3985

analogous

#85381F #856B1F #6C851F

triadic

#856B1F #1F856B #6B1F85

tetradic

#856B1F #1F8538 #1F3985 #851F6C

square

#856B1F #1F8538 #1F3985 #851F6C

split-complementary

#856B1F #1F6C85 #381F85

monochromatic

#221B08 #534313 #856B1F #B7932B #D5B14A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.10

#856B1F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.12

#856B1F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #856B1F

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##856B1F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##856B1F	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)

#786A13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7123

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90615C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #856b1f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 107, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.097 89.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac9560',
    500: '#856b1f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #856b1f;
$custom-light: #ac9560;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#856b1f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.706,
    "s": 62.195,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53916,
    "c": 0.09711,
    "h": 89.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#856B1F

secondary

#4965B7

accent

#6CE543

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F1EA

border

#D0CBC6

text

#110D05

muted

#807E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #856B1F

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

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