#856C1B#856C1B

#856C1B is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.100 H 90.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#856C1B
RGB	rgb(133, 108, 27)
HSL	hsl(46, 66%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(46, 80%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.8%, 79.7%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.70, 1.34, 45.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.70, 45.88, 88.32°)
OKLab	oklab(54.11% -0.0012 0.1001)
OKLCH	oklch(54.11% 0.1 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.2342, 15.7918, 3.2824)
Luminance	0.1579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#856C1B #1B3485

analogous

#85371B #856C1B #69851B

triadic

#856C1B #1B856C #6C1B85

tetradic

#856C1B #1B8537 #1B3485 #851B69

square

#856C1B #1B8537 #1B3485 #851B69

split-complementary

#856C1B #1B6985 #371B85

monochromatic

#1F1906 #524311 #856C1B #B89525 #D9B542

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.05

#856C1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.16

#856C1B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #856C1B

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##856C1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##856C1B	1.00	5.05	4.16	5.05
#FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#796B0B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7220

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90625C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #856c1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 108, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.100 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac955e',
    500: '#856c1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #856c1b;
$custom-light: #ac955e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#856c1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.849,
    "s": 66.25,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54106,
    "c": 0.10014,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#856C1B

secondary

#445FB8

accent

#67E93F

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F1E9

border

#D0CBC5

text

#110D05

muted

#807E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #856C1B

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

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