#856D34#856D34

#856D34 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.081 H 86.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#856D34
RGB	rgb(133, 109, 52)
HSL	hsl(42, 44%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(42, 61%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 60.9%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.20, 2.29, 34.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.20, 34.93, 86.25°)
OKLab	oklab(54.57% 0.0047 0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(54.57% 0.081 86.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.7621, 16.1727, 5.5396)
Luminance	0.1617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#856D34 #344C85

analogous

#854534 #856D34 #758534

triadic

#856D34 #34856D #6D3485

tetradic

#856D34 #348545 #344C85 #853475

square

#856D34 #348545 #344C85 #853475

split-complementary

#856D34 #347585 #453485

monochromatic

#2D2512 #594923 #856D34 #B19145 #C6AC6D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96

#856D34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#856D34 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #856D34

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##856D34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##856D34	1.00	4.96	4.23	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#796C2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7336

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F6560

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #856d34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 109, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.081 86.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ab966d',
    500: '#856d34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #856d34;
$custom-light: #ab966d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#856d34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.222,
    "s": 43.784,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54571,
    "c": 0.08134,
    "h": 86.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#856D34

secondary

#677CAE

accent

#7AD454

background

#FAF9F6

surface

#F4F2EC

border

#CECCC7

text

#100D07

muted

#7F7E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #856D34

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

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