#856D4B#856D4B

#856D4B is a mid, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.057 H 75.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#856D4B
RGB	rgb(133, 109, 75)
HSL	hsl(35, 28%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(35, 44%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 43.6%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.54, 4.56, 22.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.54, 23.00, 78.57°)
OKLab	oklab(54.95% 0.0141 0.0556)
OKLCH	oklch(54.95% 0.057 75.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.4120, 16.4326, 8.9626)
Luminance	0.1643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#856D4B #4B6385

analogous

#85504B #856D4B #80854B

triadic

#856D4B #4B856D #6D4B85

tetradic

#856D4B #4B8550 #4B6385 #854B80

square

#856D4B #4B8550 #4B6385 #854B80

split-complementary

#856D4B #4B8085 #504B85

monochromatic

#372D1F #5E4D35 #856D4B #A88C65 #BEAA8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#856D4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#856D4B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #856D4B

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##856D4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##856D4B	1.00	4.90	4.29	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766D49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C734C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E6764

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #856d4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 109, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.057 75.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aa967d',
    500: '#856d4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #856d4b;
$custom-light: #aa967d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#856d4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.172,
    "s": 27.885,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54945,
    "c": 0.05736,
    "h": 75.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#856D4B

secondary

#8192AA

accent

#8CC464

background

#FAF9F7

surface

#F4F2EE

border

#CECCC9

text

#100D09

muted

#7F7E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #856D4B

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

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