#856D23#856D23

#856D23 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.096 H 90.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#856D23
RGB	rgb(133, 109, 35)
HSL	hsl(45, 58%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(45, 74%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 73.7%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.03, 1.15, 42.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.03, 42.92, 88.47°)
OKLab	oklab(54.39% -0.0008 0.0956)
OKLCH	oklch(54.39% 0.096 90.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.4457, 16.0461, 3.8734)
Luminance	0.1605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#856D23 #233B85

analogous

#853C23 #856D23 #6C8523

triadic

#856D23 #23856D #6D2385

tetradic

#856D23 #23853C #233B85 #85236C

square

#856D23 #23853C #233B85 #85236C

split-complementary

#856D23 #236C85 #3C2385

monochromatic

#241E09 #554516 #856D23 #B59530 #D1B251

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.99

#856D23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.21

#856D23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #856D23

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##856D23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##856D23	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)

#7A6C18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7227

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90645E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #856d23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 109, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.096 90.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac9663',
    500: '#856d23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #856d23;
$custom-light: #ac9663;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#856d23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.306,
    "s": 58.333,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54388,
    "c": 0.09555,
    "h": 90.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#856D23

secondary

#4F68B5

accent

#6CE246

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F1EB

border

#D0CBC6

text

#110D05

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #856D23

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

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