#856D20#856D20

#856D20 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.098 H 91.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#856D20
RGB	rgb(133, 109, 32)
HSL	hsl(46, 61%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(46, 76%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 75.9%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.01, 0.99, 44.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.01, 44.17, 88.71°)
OKLab	oklab(54.36% -0.0016 0.0976)
OKLCH	oklch(54.36% 0.098 91)
XYZ	xyz(15.4031, 16.0291, 3.6488)
Luminance	0.1603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#856D20 #203885

analogous

#853B20 #856D20 #6A8520

triadic

#856D20 #20856D #6D2085

tetradic

#856D20 #20853B #203885 #85206A

square

#856D20 #20853B #203885 #85206A

split-complementary

#856D20 #206A85 #3B2085

monochromatic

#221C08 #544514 #856D20 #B6952C #D4B34C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.99

#856D20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.21

#856D20 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #856D20

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##856D20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##856D20	1.00	4.99	4.21	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A6C14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807224

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90635E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #856d20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 109, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.098 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac9661',
    500: '#856d20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #856d20;
$custom-light: #ac9661;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#856d20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.743,
    "s": 61.212,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54363,
    "c": 0.09761,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.16028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#856D20

secondary

#4A64B7

accent

#6AE443

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F1EA

border

#D0CBC6

text

#110D05

muted

#807E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #856D20

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

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