#856D3E#856D3E

#856D3E is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.071 H 83.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#856D3E
RGB	rgb(133, 109, 62)
HSL	hsl(40, 36%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(40, 53%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 53.4%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.33, 3.17, 29.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.33, 29.80, 83.89°)
OKLab	oklab(54.72% 0.0086 0.0708)
OKLCH	oklch(54.72% 0.071 83.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.0117, 16.2725, 6.8540)
Luminance	0.1627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#856D3E #3E5685

analogous

#85493E #856D3E #79853E

triadic

#856D3E #3E856D #6D3E85

tetradic

#856D3E #3E8549 #3E5685 #853E79

square

#856D3E #3E8549 #3E5685 #853E79

split-complementary

#856D3E #3E7985 #493E85

monochromatic

#322917 #5B4B2B #856D3E #AE8F52 #C2AA7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#856D3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#856D3E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #856D3E

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##856D3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##856D3E	1.00	4.94	4.25	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#786D3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D733F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F6562

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #856d3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 109, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.071 83.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aa9674',
    500: '#856d3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #856d3e;
$custom-light: #aa9674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#856d3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.718,
    "s": 36.41,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54715,
    "c": 0.07135,
    "h": 83.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#856D3E

secondary

#7386AC

accent

#82CC5B

background

#FAF9F7

surface

#F4F2ED

border

#CECCC8

text

#100D08

muted

#7F7E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #856D3E

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

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