#856D26#856D26

#856D26 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.093 H 90.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#856D26
RGB	rgb(133, 109, 38)
HSL	hsl(45, 56%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(45, 71%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 71.4%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.06, 1.32, 41.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.06, 41.61, 88.19°)
OKLab	oklab(54.42% 0 0.0934)
OKLCH	oklch(54.42% 0.093 90)
XYZ	xyz(15.4922, 16.0647, 4.1181)
Luminance	0.1606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#856D26 #263E85

analogous

#853D26 #856D26 #6D8526

triadic

#856D26 #26856D #6D2685

tetradic

#856D26 #26853D #263E85 #85266D

square

#856D26 #26853D #263E85 #85266D

split-complementary

#856D26 #266D85 #3D2685

monochromatic

#261F0B #554618 #856D26 #B59434 #CFB057

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#856D26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.21

#856D26 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #856D26

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##856D26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##856D26	1.00	4.98	4.21	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#796C1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7229

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90645E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #856d26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 109, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.093 90.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac9664',
    500: '#856d26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #856d26;
$custom-light: #ac9664;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#856d26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.842,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54415,
    "c": 0.09335,
    "h": 90
  },
  "luminance": 0.16064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#856D26

secondary

#536CB3

accent

#6FDF49

background

#FAF9F6

surface

#F5F1EB

border

#CFCBC6

text

#110D06

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #856D26

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →