#856D22#856D22

#856D22 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.096 H 90.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#856D22
RGB	rgb(133, 109, 34)
HSL	hsl(45, 59%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(45, 74%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 74.4%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.03, 1.10, 43.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.03, 43.34, 88.55°)
OKLab	oklab(54.38% -0.0011 0.0963)
OKLCH	oklch(54.38% 0.096 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.4311, 16.0403, 3.7964)
Luminance	0.1604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#856D22 #223A85

analogous

#853C22 #856D22 #6B8522

triadic

#856D22 #22856D #6D2285

tetradic

#856D22 #22853C #223A85 #85226B

square

#856D22 #22853C #223A85 #85226B

split-complementary

#856D22 #226B85 #3C2285

monochromatic

#241D09 #544516 #856D22 #B6952E #D2B24F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.99

#856D22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.21

#856D22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #856D22

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##856D22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##856D22	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)

#7A6C17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807226

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90645E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #856d22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 109, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.096 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac9662',
    500: '#856d22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #856d22;
$custom-light: #ac9662;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#856d22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.455,
    "s": 59.281,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54379,
    "c": 0.09626,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#856D22

secondary

#4D67B6

accent

#6BE245

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F1EB

border

#D0CBC6

text

#110D05

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #856D22

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

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