#856B40#856B40

#856B40 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.068 H 79.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#856B40
RGB	rgb(133, 107, 64)
HSL	hsl(37, 35%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(37, 52%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 51.9%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.81, 4.53, 27.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.81, 28.24, 80.77°)
OKLab	oklab(54.31% 0.0129 0.0671)
OKLCH	oklch(54.31% 0.068 79.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.8566, 15.8730, 7.0781)
Luminance	0.1587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#856B40 #405A85

analogous

#854840 #856B40 #7C8540

triadic

#856B40 #40856B #6B4085

tetradic

#856B40 #408548 #405A85 #85407C

square

#856B40 #408548 #405A85 #85407C

split-complementary

#856B40 #407C85 #484085

monochromatic

#322918 #5C4A2C #856B40 #AD8C55 #C1A87E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.03

#856B40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#856B40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #856B40

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##856B40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##856B40	1.00	5.03	4.17	5.03
#FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766B3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7241

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F6361

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #856b40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 107, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.068 79.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aa9575',
    500: '#856b40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #856b40;
$custom-light: #aa9575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#856b40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.391,
    "s": 35.025,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54314,
    "c": 0.06829,
    "h": 79.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#856B40

secondary

#758AAC

accent

#86CB5D

background

#FAF9F7

surface

#F4F1ED

border

#CECBC8

text

#100D08

muted

#7F7E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #856B40

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

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