#856D49#856D49

#856D49 is a mid, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.060 H 77.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#856D49
RGB	rgb(133, 109, 73)
HSL	hsl(36, 29%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(36, 45%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 45.1%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.50, 4.33, 23.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.50, 24.04, 79.63°)
OKLab	oklab(54.91% 0.0133 0.0581)
OKLCH	oklch(54.91% 0.06 77.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.3446, 16.4057, 8.6077)
Luminance	0.1641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#856D49 #496185

analogous

#854F49 #856D49 #7F8549

triadic

#856D49 #49856D #6D4985

tetradic

#856D49 #49854F #496185 #85497F

square

#856D49 #49854F #496185 #85497F

split-complementary

#856D49 #497F85 #4F4985

monochromatic

#362C1E #5D4D33 #856D49 #A98D62 #BFA98A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#856D49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#856D49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #856D49

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##856D49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##856D49	1.00	4.91	4.28	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#776D46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C734A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E6664

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #856d49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 109, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.060 77.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aa967c',
    500: '#856d49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #856d49;
$custom-light: #aa967c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#856d49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 29.126,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54907,
    "c": 0.05954,
    "h": 77.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#856D49

secondary

#7F91AB

accent

#8AC562

background

#FAF9F7

surface

#F4F2EE

border

#CECCC9

text

#100D09

muted

#7F7E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #856D49

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

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