#856E17#856E17

#856E17 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.104 H 93.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#856E17
RGB	rgb(133, 110, 23)
HSL	hsl(47, 71%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(47, 83%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 82.7%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.24, 0.03, 47.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.24, 47.79, 89.96°)
OKLab	oklab(54.52% -0.0054 0.1034)
OKLCH	oklch(54.52% 0.104 93)
XYZ	xyz(15.4043, 16.2012, 3.1262)
Luminance	0.1620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#856E17 #172E85

analogous

#853717 #856E17 #658517

triadic

#856E17 #17856E #6E1785

tetradic

#856E17 #178537 #172E85 #851765

square

#856E17 #178537 #172E85 #851765

split-complementary

#856E17 #176585 #371785

monochromatic

#1D1805 #51430E #856E17 #B99920 #DDBB3A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.95

#856E17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#856E17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #856E17

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##856E17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##856E17	1.00	4.95	4.24	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B6C02

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81731D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90645E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #856e17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 110, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.104 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac975d',
    500: '#856e17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #856e17;
$custom-light: #ac975d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#856e17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.455,
    "s": 70.513,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54523,
    "c": 0.10352,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#856E17

secondary

#3F58B9

accent

#60ED3B

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2E9

border

#D0CCC5

text

#110D04

muted

#807E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #856E17

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

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