#856B22#856B22

#856B22 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.095 H 88.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#856B22
RGBrgb(133, 107, 34)
HSLhsl(44, 59%, 33%)
HSVhsv(44, 74%, 52%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 19.5%, 74.4%, 47.8%)
CIE-LABlab(46.47, 2.25, 42.77)
CIE-LCHlch(46.47, 42.83, 86.99°)
OKLaboklab(53.94% 0.0022 0.0951)
OKLCHoklch(53.94% 0.095 88.7)
XYZxyz(15.2202, 15.6184, 3.7261)
Luminance0.1562 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#856B22 #223C85
analogous
#853922 #856B22 #6E8522
triadic
#856B22 #22856B #6B2285
tetradic
#856B22 #228539 #223C85 #85226E
square
#856B22 #228539 #223C85 #85226E
split-complementary
#856B22 #226E85 #392285
monochromatic
#241D09 #544416 #856B22 #B6922E #D2B04F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.09
#856B22 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.12
#856B22 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #856B22
5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##856B22#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##856B221.005.094.125.09
#FFFFFF5.091.0021.001.00
#0000004.1221.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.091.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#786A17
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7E7126
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#90615C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #856b22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 107, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.095 88.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac9562',
    500: '#856b22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #856b22;
$custom-light: #ac9562;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#856b22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.242,
    "s": 59.281,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5394,
    "c": 0.0951,
    "h": 88.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#856B22
secondary
#4D69B6
accent
#6FE245
background
#FBF9F6
surface
#F6F1EB
border
#D0CBC6
text
#110D05
muted
#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #856B22

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#856B22 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva