#856D1B#856D1B

#856D1B is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.101 H 91.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#856D1B
RGB	rgb(133, 109, 27)
HSL	hsl(46, 66%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(46, 80%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 79.7%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.98, 0.77, 46.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.98, 46.12, 89.05°)
OKLab	oklab(54.33% -0.0029 0.1007)
OKLCH	oklch(54.33% 0.101 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.3402, 16.0039, 3.3178)
Luminance	0.1600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#856D1B #1B3385

analogous

#85381B #856D1B #68851B

triadic

#856D1B #1B856D #6D1B85

tetradic

#856D1B #1B8538 #1B3385 #851B68

square

#856D1B #1B8538 #1B3385 #851B68

split-complementary

#856D1B #1B6885 #381B85

monochromatic

#1F1A06 #524311 #856D1B #B89725 #D9B642

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.00

#856D1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.20

#856D1B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #856D1B

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##856D1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##856D1B	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)

#7A6B0B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807220

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90635D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #856d1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 109, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.101 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac965e',
    500: '#856d1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #856d1b;
$custom-light: #ac965e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#856d1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.415,
    "s": 66.25,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54327,
    "c": 0.10072,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#856D1B

secondary

#445EB8

accent

#65E93F

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F1E9

border

#D0CBC5

text

#110D05

muted

#807E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #856D1B

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

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