#856E1E#856E1E

#856E1E is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.100 H 92.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#856E1E
RGB	rgb(133, 110, 30)
HSL	hsl(47, 63%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(47, 77%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 77.4%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.28, 0.32, 45.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.28, 45.23, 89.59°)
OKLab	oklab(54.57% -0.0038 0.0995)
OKLCH	oklch(54.57% 0.1 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.4840, 16.2331, 3.5458)
Luminance	0.1623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#856E1E #1E3585

analogous

#853B1E #856E1E #69851E

triadic

#856E1E #1E856E #6E1E85

tetradic

#856E1E #1E853B #1E3585 #851E69

square

#856E1E #1E853B #1E3585 #851E69

split-complementary

#856E1E #1E6985 #3B1E85

monochromatic

#211B07 #534513 #856E1E #B79729 #D6B648

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.95

#856E1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#856E1E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #856E1E

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##856E1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##856E1E	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)

#7B6C10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807323

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90645E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #856e1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 110, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.100 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac9760',
    500: '#856e1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #856e1e;
$custom-light: #ac9760;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#856e1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.602,
    "s": 63.19,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54569,
    "c": 0.09952,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#856E1E

secondary

#4760B8

accent

#66E642

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2EA

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110D05

muted

#807E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #856E1E

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

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