#856B47#856B47

#856B47 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.061 H 75.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#856B47
RGB	rgb(133, 107, 71)
HSL	hsl(35, 30%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(35, 47%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 46.6%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.92, 5.27, 24.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.92, 24.61, 77.64°)
OKLab	oklab(54.44% 0.0158 0.0588)
OKLCH	oklch(54.44% 0.061 75)
XYZ	xyz(16.0685, 15.9577, 8.1938)
Luminance	0.1596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#856B47 #476185

analogous

#854C47 #856B47 #808547

triadic

#856B47 #47856B #6B4785

tetradic

#856B47 #47854C #476185 #854780

square

#856B47 #47854C #476185 #854780

split-complementary

#856B47 #478085 #4C4785

monochromatic

#352B1C #5D4B32 #856B47 #AA8B5F #BFA887

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.01

#856B47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.19

#856B47 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #856B47

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##856B47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##856B47	1.00	5.01	4.19	5.01
#FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756C44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7248

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E6462

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #856b47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 107, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.061 75.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aa957a',
    500: '#856b47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #856b47;
$custom-light: #aa957a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#856b47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.839,
    "s": 30.392,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54438,
    "c": 0.06093,
    "h": 75
  },
  "luminance": 0.15957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#856B47

secondary

#7D90AB

accent

#8CC761

background

#FAF9F7

surface

#F4F1ED

border

#CECBC8

text

#100D09

muted

#7F7E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #856B47

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

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