#856B53#856B53

#856B53 is a mid, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.048 H 64.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#856B53
RGB	rgb(133, 107, 83)
HSL	hsl(29, 23%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(29, 38%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 37.6%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.14, 6.72, 17.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.14, 18.62, 68.84°)
OKLab	oklab(54.68% 0.0211 0.0437)
OKLCH	oklch(54.68% 0.048 64.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.4923, 16.1273, 10.4261)
Luminance	0.1613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#856B53 #536D85

analogous

#855354 #856B53 #858453

triadic

#856B53 #53856B #6B5385

tetradic

#856B53 #548553 #536D85 #845385

square

#856B53 #548553 #536D85 #845385

split-complementary

#856B53 #538584 #535485

monochromatic

#3A2E24 #5F4D3B #856B53 #A68A70 #BDA895

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#856B53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#856B53 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #856B53

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##856B53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##856B53	1.00	4.97	4.23	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736C51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7253

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D6565

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #856b53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 107, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.048 64.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a99583',
    500: '#856b53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #856b53;
$custom-light: #a99583;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#856b53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.8,
    "s": 23.148,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54684,
    "c": 0.04847,
    "h": 64.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#856B53

secondary

#8A9BAA

accent

#96C068

background

#FAF9F8

surface

#F4F1EF

border

#CECBCA

text

#100D0A

muted

#7F7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #856B53

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

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