#856D1E#856D1E

#856D1E is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.099 H 91.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#856D1E
RGB	rgb(133, 109, 30)
HSL	hsl(46, 63%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(46, 77%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 77.4%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.00, 0.90, 44.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.00, 44.98, 88.86°)
OKLab	oklab(54.35% -0.0021 0.0989)
OKLCH	oklch(54.35% 0.099 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.3767, 16.0185, 3.5100)
Luminance	0.1602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#856D1E #1E3685

analogous

#85391E #856D1E #6A851E

triadic

#856D1E #1E856D #6D1E85

tetradic

#856D1E #1E8539 #1E3685 #851E6A

square

#856D1E #1E8539 #1E3685 #851E6A

split-complementary

#856D1E #1E6A85 #391E85

monochromatic

#211B07 #534413 #856D1E #B79629 #D6B548

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.00

#856D1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.20

#856D1E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #856D1E

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##856D1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##856D1E	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)

#7A6B10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807222

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90635E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #856d1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 109, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.099 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac9660',
    500: '#856d1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #856d1e;
$custom-light: #ac9660;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#856d1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.019,
    "s": 63.19,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54348,
    "c": 0.0989,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#856D1E

secondary

#4761B8

accent

#68E642

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F1EA

border

#D0CBC6

text

#110D05

muted

#807E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #856D1E

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

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