#856D41#856D41

#856D41 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.068 H 81.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#856D41
RGB	rgb(133, 109, 65)
HSL	hsl(39, 34%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(39, 51%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 51.1%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.37, 3.47, 28.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.37, 28.23, 82.95°)
OKLab	oklab(54.76% 0.0099 0.0675)
OKLCH	oklch(54.76% 0.068 81.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.0963, 16.3063, 7.2996)
Luminance	0.1631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#856D41 #415985

analogous

#854B41 #856D41 #7B8541

triadic

#856D41 #41856D #6D4185

tetradic

#856D41 #41854B #415985 #85417B

square

#856D41 #41854B #415985 #85417B

split-complementary

#856D41 #417B85 #4B4185

monochromatic

#332A19 #5C4B2D #856D41 #AD8E57 #C1AA80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.93

#856D41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.26

#856D41 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #856D41

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##856D41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##856D41	1.00	4.93	4.26	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#776D3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7342

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F6662

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #856d41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 109, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.068 81.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aa9676',
    500: '#856d41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #856d41;
$custom-light: #aa9676;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#856d41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.824,
    "s": 34.343,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54764,
    "c": 0.06819,
    "h": 81.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#856D41

secondary

#7689AB

accent

#84CA5D

background

#FAF9F7

surface

#F4F2ED

border

#CECCC8

text

#100D08

muted

#7F7E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #856D41

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

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