#856B2A#856B2A

#856B2A is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.089 H 87.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#856B2A
RGB	rgb(133, 107, 42)
HSL	hsl(43, 52%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(43, 68%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 68.4%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.54, 2.72, 39.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.54, 39.26, 86.03°)
OKLab	oklab(54.02% 0.0046 0.0889)
OKLCH	oklch(54.02% 0.089 87)
XYZ	xyz(15.3493, 15.6701, 4.4062)
Luminance	0.1567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#856B2A #2A4485

analogous

#853E2A #856B2A #72852A

triadic

#856B2A #2A856B #6B2A85

tetradic

#856B2A #2A853E #2A4485 #852A72

square

#856B2A #2A853E #2A4485 #852A72

split-complementary

#856B2A #2A7285 #3E2A85

monochromatic

#28200D #56461B #856B2A #B49039 #CCAC5D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.08

#856B2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.13

#856B2A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #856B2A

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##856B2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##856B2A	1.00	5.08	4.13	5.08
#FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#776A22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E712D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90625D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #856b2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 107, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.089 87.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac9567',
    500: '#856b2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #856b2a;
$custom-light: #ac9567;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#856b2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.857,
    "s": 52,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54016,
    "c": 0.08904,
    "h": 87
  },
  "luminance": 0.15669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#856B2A

secondary

#5972B2

accent

#75DB4C

background

#FAF9F6

surface

#F5F1EB

border

#CFCBC6

text

#100D06

muted

#7F7E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #856B2A

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

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