#856D27#856D27

#856D27 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.093 H 89.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#856D27
RGB	rgb(133, 109, 39)
HSL	hsl(45, 55%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(45, 71%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 70.7%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.07, 1.38, 41.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.07, 41.16, 88.08°)
OKLab	oklab(54.42% 0.0004 0.0926)
OKLCH	oklch(54.42% 0.093 89.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.5085, 16.0712, 4.2043)
Luminance	0.1607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#856D27 #273F85

analogous

#853E27 #856D27 #6E8527

triadic

#856D27 #27856D #6D2785

tetradic

#856D27 #27853E #273F85 #85276E

square

#856D27 #27853E #273F85 #85276E

split-complementary

#856D27 #276E85 #3E2785

monochromatic

#261F0B #564619 #856D27 #B49435 #CEB058

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#856D27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.21

#856D27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #856D27

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##856D27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##856D27	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)

#796C1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F722A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90645E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #856d27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 109, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.093 89.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac9665',
    500: '#856d27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #856d27;
$custom-light: #ac9665;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#856d27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.681,
    "s": 54.651,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54424,
    "c": 0.09258,
    "h": 89.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#856D27

secondary

#556DB3

accent

#70DE4A

background

#FAF9F6

surface

#F5F1EB

border

#CFCBC6

text

#110D06

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #856D27

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

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