#856B50#856B50

#856B50 is a mid, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.051 H 67.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#856B50
RGB	rgb(133, 107, 80)
HSL	hsl(31, 25%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(31, 40%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 39.8%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.08, 6.34, 19.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.08, 20.07, 71.60°)
OKLab	oklab(54.62% 0.0197 0.0476)
OKLCH	oklch(54.62% 0.052 67.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.3790, 16.0819, 9.8292)
Luminance	0.1608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#856B50 #506A85

analogous

#855150 #856B50 #858550

triadic

#856B50 #50856B #6B5085

tetradic

#856B50 #508551 #506A85 #855085

square

#856B50 #508551 #506A85 #855085

split-complementary

#856B50 #508585 #515085

monochromatic

#392E22 #5F4C39 #856B50 #A68A6C #BDA892

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#856B50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#856B50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #856B50

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##856B50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##856B50	1.00	4.98	4.22	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746C4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7251

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E6564

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #856b50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 107, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.051 67.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a99581',
    500: '#856b50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #856b50;
$custom-light: #a99581;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#856b50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.566,
    "s": 24.883,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54619,
    "c": 0.0515,
    "h": 67.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#856B50

secondary

#8798AA

accent

#93C166

background

#FAF9F7

surface

#F4F1EE

border

#CECBC9

text

#100D0A

muted

#7F7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #856B50

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

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