#856B20#856B20

#856B20 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.096 H 89.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#856B20
RGB	rgb(133, 107, 32)
HSL	hsl(45, 61%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(45, 76%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 75.9%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.45, 2.15, 43.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.45, 43.67, 87.18°)
OKLab	oklab(53.92% 0.0017 0.0964)
OKLCH	oklch(53.92% 0.096 89)
XYZ	xyz(15.1922, 15.6072, 3.5785)
Luminance	0.1561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#856B20 #203A85

analogous

#853820 #856B20 #6D8520

triadic

#856B20 #20856B #6B2085

tetradic

#856B20 #208538 #203A85 #85206D

square

#856B20 #208538 #203A85 #85206D

split-complementary

#856B20 #206D85 #382085

monochromatic

#221C08 #544314 #856B20 #B6932C #D4B14C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.10

#856B20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.12

#856B20 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #856B20

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##856B20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##856B20	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)

#786A14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7124

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90615C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #856b20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 107, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.096 89.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac9561',
    500: '#856b20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #856b20;
$custom-light: #ac9561;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#856b20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.554,
    "s": 61.212,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53924,
    "c": 0.09645,
    "h": 89
  },
  "luminance": 0.15606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#856B20

secondary

#4A66B7

accent

#6DE443

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F1EA

border

#D0CBC6

text

#110D05

muted

#807E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #856B20

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

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