#856D4E#856D4E

#856D4E is a mid, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.054 H 73.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#856D4E
RGB	rgb(133, 109, 78)
HSL	hsl(34, 26%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(34, 41%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 41.4%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.59, 4.92, 20.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.59, 21.46, 76.74°)
OKLab	oklab(55.01% 0.0154 0.0518)
OKLCH	oklch(55.01% 0.054 73.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.5171, 16.4747, 9.5162)
Luminance	0.1647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#856D4E #4E6685

analogous

#85524E #856D4E #82854E

triadic

#856D4E #4E856D #6D4E85

tetradic

#856D4E #4E8552 #4E6685 #854E82

square

#856D4E #4E8552 #4E6685 #854E82

split-complementary

#856D4E #4E8285 #524E85

monochromatic

#382E21 #5E4D37 #856D4E #A78C69 #BEAA90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#856D4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#856D4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #856D4E

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##856D4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##856D4E	1.00	4.89	4.29	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766E4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C734F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E6765

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #856d4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 109, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.054 73.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aa9680',
    500: '#856d4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #856d4e;
$custom-light: #aa9680;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#856d4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.818,
    "s": 26.066,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55005,
    "c": 0.05409,
    "h": 73.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#856D4E

secondary

#8495AA

accent

#8EC265

background

#FAF9F7

surface

#F4F2EE

border

#CECCC9

text

#100D0A

muted

#7F7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #856D4E

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

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