#856E1B#856E1B

#856E1B is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.101 H 92.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#856E1B
RGB	rgb(133, 110, 27)
HSL	hsl(47, 66%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(47, 80%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 79.7%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.26, 0.19, 46.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.26, 46.38, 89.76°)
OKLab	oklab(54.55% -0.0045 0.1012)
OKLCH	oklch(54.55% 0.101 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.4475, 16.2185, 3.3535)
Luminance	0.1622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#856E1B #1B3285

analogous

#85391B #856E1B #67851B

triadic

#856E1B #1B856E #6E1B85

tetradic

#856E1B #1B8539 #1B3285 #851B67

square

#856E1B #1B8539 #1B3285 #851B67

split-complementary

#856E1B #1B6785 #391B85

monochromatic

#1F1A06 #524411 #856E1B #B89825 #D9B842

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.95

#856E1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#856E1B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #856E1B

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##856E1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##856E1B	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)

#7B6C0A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817320

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90645E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #856e1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 110, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.101 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac975f',
    500: '#856e1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #856e1b;
$custom-light: #ac975f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#856e1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.981,
    "s": 66.25,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54548,
    "c": 0.10134,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#856E1B

secondary

#445DB8

accent

#64E93F

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2E9

border

#D0CCC5

text

#110D05

muted

#807E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #856E1B

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

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