#856B4D#856B4D

#856B4D is a mid, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.055 H 70.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#856B4D
RGB	rgb(133, 107, 77)
HSL	hsl(32, 27%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(32, 42%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 42.1%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.03, 5.96, 20.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.03, 21.56, 73.94°)
OKLab	oklab(54.56% 0.0184 0.0514)
OKLCH	oklch(54.56% 0.055 70.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.2706, 16.0386, 9.2585)
Luminance	0.1604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#856B4D #4D6785

analogous

#854F4D #856B4D #83854D

triadic

#856B4D #4D856B #6B4D85

tetradic

#856B4D #4D854F #4D6785 #854D83

square

#856B4D #4D854F #4D6785 #854D83

split-complementary

#856B4D #4D8385 #4F4D85

monochromatic

#372D20 #5E4C37 #856B4D #A78A68 #BEA88F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.99

#856B4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.21

#856B4D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #856B4D

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##856B4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##856B4D	1.00	4.99	4.21	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746C4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A724E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E6563

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #856b4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 107, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.055 70.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aa957f',
    500: '#856b4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #856b4d;
$custom-light: #aa957f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#856b4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.143,
    "s": 26.667,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54556,
    "c": 0.05461,
    "h": 70.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#856B4D

secondary

#8396AA

accent

#91C365

background

#FAF9F7

surface

#F4F1EE

border

#CECBC9

text

#100D0A

muted

#7F7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #856B4D

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

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