#856D5B#856D5B

#856D5B is a mid, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.041 H 58.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#856D5B
RGB	rgb(133, 109, 91)
HSL	hsl(26, 19%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(26, 32%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 31.6%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.85, 6.65, 13.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.85, 15.16, 64.00°)
OKLab	oklab(55.3% 0.0212 0.0348)
OKLCH	oklch(55.3% 0.041 58.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.0301, 16.6799, 12.2180)
Luminance	0.1668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#856D5B #5B7385

analogous

#855B5E #856D5B #85825B

triadic

#856D5B #5B856D #6D5B85

tetradic

#856D5B #5E855B #5B7385 #825B85

square

#856D5B #5E855B #5B7385 #825B85

split-complementary

#856D5B #5B8582 #5B5E85

monochromatic

#3C3129 #614F42 #856D5B #A48C7A #BDAB9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.84

#856D5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#856D5B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #856D5B

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##856D5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##856D5B	1.00	4.84	4.34	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746F5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A745B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C6868

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #856d5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 109, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.041 58.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a99689',
    500: '#856d5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #856d5b;
$custom-light: #a99689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#856d5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.714,
    "s": 18.75,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55297,
    "c": 0.0407,
    "h": 58.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#856D5B

secondary

#91A0AB

accent

#9ABB6C

background

#FAF9F8

surface

#F4F2F0

border

#CECCCB

text

#100D0B

muted

#7F7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #856D5B

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

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