#856D17#856D17

#856D17 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.103 H 92.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#856D17
RGB	rgb(133, 109, 23)
HSL	hsl(47, 71%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(47, 83%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 82.7%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.96, 0.61, 47.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.96, 47.54, 89.27°)
OKLab	oklab(54.3% -0.0037 0.1028)
OKLCH	oklch(54.3% 0.103 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.2971, 15.9866, 3.0905)
Luminance	0.1599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#856D17 #172F85

analogous

#853617 #856D17 #668517

triadic

#856D17 #17856D #6D1785

tetradic

#856D17 #178536 #172F85 #851766

square

#856D17 #178536 #172F85 #851766

split-complementary

#856D17 #176685 #361785

monochromatic

#1D1705 #51420E #856D17 #B99820 #DDB93A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.00

#856D17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.20

#856D17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #856D17

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##856D17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##856D17	1.00	5.00	4.20	5.00
#FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A6B02

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80721D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#91635D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #856d17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 109, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.103 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac965d',
    500: '#856d17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #856d17;
$custom-light: #ac965d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#856d17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.909,
    "s": 70.513,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54302,
    "c": 0.10291,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#856D17

secondary

#3F59B9

accent

#62ED3B

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F1E9

border

#D0CBC5

text

#110D04

muted

#807E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #856D17

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

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