#856D4A#856D4A

#856D4A is a mid, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.058 H 76.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#856D4A
RGB	rgb(133, 109, 74)
HSL	hsl(36, 29%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(36, 44%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 44.4%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.52, 4.44, 23.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.52, 23.52, 79.11°)
OKLab	oklab(54.93% 0.0137 0.0568)
OKLCH	oklch(54.93% 0.058 76.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.3781, 16.4190, 8.7837)
Luminance	0.1642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#856D4A #4A6285

analogous

#854F4A #856D4A #7F854A

triadic

#856D4A #4A856D #6D4A85

tetradic

#856D4A #4A854F #4A6285 #854A7F

square

#856D4A #4A854F #4A6285 #854A7F

split-complementary

#856D4A #4A7F85 #4F4A85

monochromatic

#362D1E #5E4D34 #856D4A #A98D64 #BEA98B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#856D4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#856D4A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #856D4A

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##856D4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##856D4A	1.00	4.90	4.28	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766D47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C734B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E6664

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #856d4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 109, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.058 76.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aa967d',
    500: '#856d4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #856d4a;
$custom-light: #aa967d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#856d4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.593,
    "s": 28.502,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54926,
    "c": 0.05844,
    "h": 76.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#856D4A

secondary

#8091AA

accent

#8BC563

background

#FAF9F7

surface

#F4F2EE

border

#CECCC9

text

#100D09

muted

#7F7E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #856D4A

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

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