#856B23#856B23

#856B23 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.094 H 88.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#856B23
RGB	rgb(133, 107, 35)
HSL	hsl(44, 58%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(44, 74%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 73.7%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.48, 2.30, 42.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.48, 42.41, 86.89°)
OKLab	oklab(53.95% 0.0025 0.0944)
OKLCH	oklch(53.95% 0.094 88.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.2348, 15.6242, 3.8031)
Luminance	0.1562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#856B23 #233D85

analogous

#853A23 #856B23 #6E8523

triadic

#856B23 #23856B #6B2385

tetradic

#856B23 #23853A #233D85 #85236E

square

#856B23 #23853A #233D85 #85236E

split-complementary

#856B23 #236E85 #3A2385

monochromatic

#241D09 #554416 #856B23 #B59230 #D1AF51

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.09

#856B23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.12

#856B23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #856B23

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##856B23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##856B23	1.00	5.09	4.12	5.09
#FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#786A19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7126

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90625C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #856b23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 107, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.094 88.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac9563',
    500: '#856b23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #856b23;
$custom-light: #ac9563;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#856b23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.082,
    "s": 58.333,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53949,
    "c": 0.09439,
    "h": 88.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#856B23

secondary

#4F6AB5

accent

#6FE246

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F1EB

border

#D0CBC6

text

#110D05

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #856B23

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

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