#856E1C#856E1C

#856E1C is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.101 H 92.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#856E1C
RGB	rgb(133, 110, 28)
HSL	hsl(47, 65%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(47, 79%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 78.9%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.27, 0.23, 46.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.27, 46.00, 89.71°)
OKLab	oklab(54.56% -0.0043 0.1007)
OKLCH	oklch(54.56% 0.101 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.4593, 16.2232, 3.4155)
Luminance	0.1622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#856E1C #1C3385

analogous

#853A1C #856E1C #68851C

triadic

#856E1C #1C856E #6E1C85

tetradic

#856E1C #1C853A #1C3385 #851C68

square

#856E1C #1C853A #1C3385 #851C68

split-complementary

#856E1C #1C6885 #3A1C85

monochromatic

#201A07 #524411 #856E1C #B89827 #D8B744

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.95

#856E1C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#856E1C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #856E1C

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##856E1C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##856E1C	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)

#7B6C0C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817321

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90645E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #856e1c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 110, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.101 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac975f',
    500: '#856e1c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #856e1c;
$custom-light: #ac975f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#856e1c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.857,
    "s": 65.217,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54555,
    "c": 0.10075,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#856E1C

secondary

#455EB8

accent

#65E840

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2EA

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110D05

muted

#807E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #856E1C

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

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