#856C4E#856C4E

#856C4E is a mid, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.054 H 71.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#856C4E
RGB	rgb(133, 108, 78)
HSL	hsl(33, 26%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(33, 41%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.8%, 41.4%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.32, 5.50, 20.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.32, 21.25, 74.99°)
OKLab	oklab(54.79% 0.0171 0.051)
OKLCH	oklch(54.79% 0.054 71.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.4111, 16.2625, 9.4808)
Luminance	0.1626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#856C4E #4E6785

analogous

#85514E #856C4E #83854E

triadic

#856C4E #4E856C #6C4E85

tetradic

#856C4E #4E8551 #4E6785 #854E83

square

#856C4E #4E8551 #4E6785 #854E83

split-complementary

#856C4E #4E8385 #514E85

monochromatic

#382D21 #5E4D37 #856C4E #A78B69 #BEA990

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#856C4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#856C4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #856C4E

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##856C4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##856C4E	1.00	4.94	4.25	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756D4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B734F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E6664

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #856c4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 108, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.054 71.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aa9680',
    500: '#856c4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #856c4e;
$custom-light: #aa9680;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#856c4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.727,
    "s": 26.066,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54791,
    "c": 0.05379,
    "h": 71.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#856C4E

secondary

#8496AA

accent

#90C265

background

#FAF9F7

surface

#F4F1EE

border

#CECBC9

text

#100D0A

muted

#7F7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #856C4E

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

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