#856E1F#856E1F

#856E1F is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.099 H 92.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#856E1F
RGB	rgb(133, 110, 31)
HSL	hsl(46, 62%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(46, 77%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 76.7%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.29, 0.37, 44.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.29, 44.84, 89.53°)
OKLab	oklab(54.58% -0.0035 0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(54.58% 0.099 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.4970, 16.2383, 3.6141)
Luminance	0.1624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#856E1F #1F3685

analogous

#853B1F #856E1F #69851F

triadic

#856E1F #1F856E #6E1F85

tetradic

#856E1F #1F853B #1F3685 #851F69

square

#856E1F #1F853B #1F3685 #851F69

split-complementary

#856E1F #1F6985 #3B1F85

monochromatic

#221C08 #534513 #856E1F #B7972B #D5B54A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#856E1F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#856E1F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #856E1F

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##856E1F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##856E1F	1.00	4.94	4.25	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B6C12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807323

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90645E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #856e1f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 110, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.099 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac9761',
    500: '#856e1f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #856e1f;
$custom-light: #ac9761;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#856e1f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.471,
    "s": 62.195,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54576,
    "c": 0.09888,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#856E1F

secondary

#4962B7

accent

#67E543

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2EA

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110D05

muted

#807E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #856E1F

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

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