#856B4B#856B4B

#856B4B is a mid, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.057 H 72.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#856B4B
RGB	rgb(133, 107, 75)
HSL	hsl(33, 28%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(33, 44%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 43.6%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.99, 5.73, 21.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.99, 22.57, 75.30°)
OKLab	oklab(54.52% 0.0175 0.0539)
OKLCH	oklch(54.52% 0.057 72)
XYZ	xyz(16.2011, 16.0108, 8.8923)
Luminance	0.1601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#856B4B #4B6585

analogous

#854E4B #856B4B #82854B

triadic

#856B4B #4B856B #6B4B85

tetradic

#856B4B #4B854E #4B6585 #854B82

square

#856B4B #4B854E #4B6585 #854B82

split-complementary

#856B4B #4B8285 #4E4B85

monochromatic

#372C1F #5E4C35 #856B4B #A88A65 #BEA88C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.00

#856B4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.20

#856B4B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #856B4B

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##856B4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##856B4B	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)

#746C49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B724C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E6563

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #856b4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 107, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.057 72.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aa957d',
    500: '#856b4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #856b4b;
$custom-light: #aa957d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#856b4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.103,
    "s": 27.885,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54515,
    "c": 0.0567,
    "h": 72
  },
  "luminance": 0.1601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#856B4B

secondary

#8194AA

accent

#8FC464

background

#FAF9F7

surface

#F4F1EE

border

#CECBC9

text

#100D09

muted

#7F7E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #856B4B

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

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