#856E1A#856E1A

#856E1A is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.102 H 92.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#856E1A
RGB	rgb(133, 110, 26)
HSL	hsl(47, 67%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(47, 80%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 80.5%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.25, 0.15, 46.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.25, 46.74, 89.82°)
OKLab	oklab(54.54% -0.0047 0.1018)
OKLCH	oklch(54.54% 0.102 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.4361, 16.2139, 3.2936)
Luminance	0.1621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#856E1A #1A3185

analogous

#85381A #856E1A #66851A

triadic

#856E1A #1A856E #6E1A85

tetradic

#856E1A #1A8538 #1A3185 #851A66

square

#856E1A #1A8538 #1A3185 #851A66

split-complementary

#856E1A #1A6685 #381A85

monochromatic

#1F1906 #524410 #856E1A #B89824 #DAB940

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.95

#856E1A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#856E1A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #856E1A

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##856E1A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##856E1A	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)

#7B6C08

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81731F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90645E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #856e1a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 110, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.102 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac975e',
    500: '#856e1a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #856e1a;
$custom-light: #ac975e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#856e1a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.103,
    "s": 67.296,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54541,
    "c": 0.10191,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#856E1A

secondary

#425CB8

accent

#63EA3E

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2E9

border

#D0CCC5

text

#110D05

muted

#807E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #856E1A

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

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