#856B4E#856B4E

#856B4E is a mid, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.054 H 69.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#856B4E
RGBrgb(133, 107, 78)
HSLhsl(32, 26%, 41%)
HSVhsv(32, 41%, 52%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 19.5%, 41.4%, 47.8%)
CIE-LABlab(47.04, 6.09, 20.16)
CIE-LCHlch(47.04, 21.06, 73.20°)
OKLaboklab(54.58% 0.0189 0.0501)
OKLCHoklch(54.58% 0.054 69.4)
XYZxyz(16.3062, 16.0528, 9.4459)
Luminance0.1605 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#856B4E #4E6885
analogous
#85504E #856B4E #84854E
triadic
#856B4E #4E856B #6B4E85
tetradic
#856B4E #4E8550 #4E6885 #854E84
square
#856B4E #4E8550 #4E6885 #854E84
split-complementary
#856B4E #4E8485 #504E85
monochromatic
#382D21 #5E4C37 #856B4E #A78A69 #BEA890

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.99
#856B4E on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.21
#856B4E on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #856B4E
4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##856B4E#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##856B4E1.004.994.214.99
#FFFFFF4.991.0021.001.00
#0000004.2121.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF4.991.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#746C4C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7A724F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#8E6563
Achromatopsia (no color)
#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #856b4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 107, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.054 69.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aa9580',
    500: '#856b4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #856b4e;
$custom-light: #aa9580;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#856b4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.636,
    "s": 26.066,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54576,
    "c": 0.05357,
    "h": 69.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#856B4E
secondary
#8496AA
accent
#91C265
background
#FAF9F7
surface
#F4F1EE
border
#CECBC9
text
#100D0A
muted
#7F7E7C

Preview Lab

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#856B4E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva