#856B2C#856B2C

#856B2C is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.157; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.087 H 86.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#856B2C
RGB	rgb(133, 107, 44)
HSL	hsl(42, 50%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(42, 67%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 66.9%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.56, 2.85, 38.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.56, 38.31, 85.73°)
OKLab	oklab(54.04% 0.0053 0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(54.04% 0.087 86.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.3860, 15.6847, 4.5994)
Luminance	0.1568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#856B2C #2C4685

analogous

#853F2C #856B2C #73852C

triadic

#856B2C #2C856B #6B2C85

tetradic

#856B2C #2C853F #2C4685 #852C73

square

#856B2C #2C853F #2C4685 #852C73

split-complementary

#856B2C #2C7385 #3F2C85

monochromatic

#29210E #57461D #856B2C #B3903B #CBAC61

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.08

#856B2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.14

#856B2C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #856B2C

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##856B2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##856B2C	1.00	5.08	4.14	5.08
#FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#776A25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E712F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90625D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #856b2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 107, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.087 86.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ab9568',
    500: '#856b2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #856b2c;
$custom-light: #ab9568;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#856b2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.472,
    "s": 50.282,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54038,
    "c": 0.08738,
    "h": 86.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#856B2C

secondary

#5C75B1

accent

#77DA4E

background

#FAF9F6

surface

#F5F1EB

border

#CFCBC6

text

#100D06

muted

#7F7E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #856B2C

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

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