#856D1A#856D1A

#856D1A is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.101 H 91.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#856D1A
RGB	rgb(133, 109, 26)
HSL	hsl(47, 67%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(47, 80%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 80.5%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.97, 0.72, 46.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.97, 46.49, 89.11°)
OKLab	oklab(54.32% -0.0031 0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(54.32% 0.101 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.3289, 15.9994, 3.2579)
Luminance	0.1600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#856D1A #1A3285

analogous

#85371A #856D1A #67851A

triadic

#856D1A #1A856D #6D1A85

tetradic

#856D1A #1A8537 #1A3285 #851A67

square

#856D1A #1A8537 #1A3285 #851A67

split-complementary

#856D1A #1A6785 #371A85

monochromatic

#1F1906 #524310 #856D1A #B89724 #DAB740

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.00

#856D1A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.20

#856D1A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #856D1A

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##856D1A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##856D1A	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)

#7A6B09

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80721F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90635D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #856d1a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 109, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.101 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac965e',
    500: '#856d1a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #856d1a;
$custom-light: #ac965e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#856d1a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.542,
    "s": 67.296,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5432,
    "c": 0.1013,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#856D1A

secondary

#425DB8

accent

#64EA3E

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F1E9

border

#D0CBC5

text

#110D05

muted

#807E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #856D1A

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

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