#856B59#856B59

#856B59 is a mid, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.043 H 56.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#856B59
RGB	rgb(133, 107, 89)
HSL	hsl(25, 20%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(25, 33%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 33.1%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.27, 7.53, 14.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.27, 15.90, 61.71°)
OKLab	oklab(54.82% 0.0237 0.0356)
OKLCH	oklch(54.82% 0.043 56.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.7341, 16.2240, 11.6993)
Luminance	0.1622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#856B59 #597385

analogous

#85595D #856B59 #858159

triadic

#856B59 #59856B #6B5985

tetradic

#856B59 #5D8559 #597385 #815985

square

#856B59 #5D8559 #597385 #815985

split-complementary

#856B59 #598581 #595D85

monochromatic

#3C3028 #604E40 #856B59 #A48A77 #BDA99C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.95

#856B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#856B59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #856B59

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##856B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##856B59	1.00	4.95	4.24	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736D58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797259

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D6666

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #856b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 107, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.043 56.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a99588',
    500: '#856b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #856b59;
$custom-light: #a99588;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#856b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.545,
    "s": 19.82,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54824,
    "c": 0.04281,
    "h": 56.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#856B59

secondary

#8F9FAB

accent

#9BBC6B

background

#FAF9F8

surface

#F4F1EF

border

#CECBCA

text

#100D0B

muted

#7F7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #856B59

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

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