#856E1D#856E1D

#856E1D is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.100 H 92.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#856E1D
RGB	rgb(133, 110, 29)
HSL	hsl(47, 64%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(47, 78%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 78.2%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.27, 0.28, 45.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.27, 45.62, 89.65°)
OKLab	oklab(54.56% -0.004 0.1001)
OKLCH	oklch(54.56% 0.1 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.4714, 16.2280, 3.4796)
Luminance	0.1623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#856E1D #1D3485

analogous

#853A1D #856E1D #68851D

triadic

#856E1D #1D856E #6E1D85

tetradic

#856E1D #1D853A #1D3485 #851D68

square

#856E1D #1D853A #1D3485 #851D68

split-complementary

#856E1D #1D6885 #3A1D85

monochromatic

#211B07 #534412 #856E1D #B79828 #D7B746

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.95

#856E1D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#856E1D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #856E1D

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##856E1D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##856E1D	1.00	4.95	4.25	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B6C0E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807322

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90645E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #856e1d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 110, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.100 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac9760',
    500: '#856e1d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #856e1d;
$custom-light: #ac9760;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#856e1d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.731,
    "s": 64.198,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54562,
    "c": 0.10014,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#856E1D

secondary

#465FB8

accent

#65E741

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2EA

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110D05

muted

#807E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #856E1D

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

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