#856B49#856B49

#856B49 is a mid, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.059 H 73.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#856B49
RGB	rgb(133, 107, 73)
HSL	hsl(34, 29%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(34, 45%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 45.1%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.95, 5.49, 22.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.95, 23.59, 76.53°)
OKLab	oklab(54.48% 0.0167 0.0564)
OKLCH	oklch(54.48% 0.059 73.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.1337, 15.9838, 8.5374)
Luminance	0.1598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#856B49 #496385

analogous

#854D49 #856B49 #818549

triadic

#856B49 #49856B #6B4985

tetradic

#856B49 #49854D #496385 #854981

square

#856B49 #49854D #496385 #854981

split-complementary

#856B49 #498185 #4D4985

monochromatic

#362B1E #5D4B33 #856B49 #A98A62 #BFA88A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.00

#856B49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.20

#856B49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #856B49

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##856B49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##856B49	1.00	5.00	4.20	5.00
#FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756C46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B724A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E6462

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #856b49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 107, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.059 73.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aa957c',
    500: '#856b49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #856b49;
$custom-light: #aa957c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#856b49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34,
    "s": 29.126,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54476,
    "c": 0.05881,
    "h": 73.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#856B49

secondary

#7F92AB

accent

#8DC562

background

#FAF9F7

surface

#F4F1EE

border

#CECBC9

text

#100D09

muted

#7F7E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #856B49

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

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