#856E22#856E22

#856E22 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.097 H 91.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#856E22
RGB	rgb(133, 110, 34)
HSL	hsl(46, 59%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(46, 74%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 74.4%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.31, 0.52, 43.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.31, 43.61, 89.32°)
OKLab	oklab(54.6% -0.0027 0.0968)
OKLCH	oklch(54.6% 0.097 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.5384, 16.2548, 3.8321)
Luminance	0.1625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#856E22 #223985

analogous

#853D22 #856E22 #6A8522

triadic

#856E22 #22856E #6E2285

tetradic

#856E22 #22853D #223985 #85226A

square

#856E22 #22853D #223985 #85226A

split-complementary

#856E22 #226A85 #3D2285

monochromatic

#241D09 #544616 #856E22 #B6962E #D2B44F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#856E22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#856E22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #856E22

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##856E22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##856E22	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)

#7B6C17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807326

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90655F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #856e22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 110, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.097 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac9762',
    500: '#856e22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #856e22;
$custom-light: #ac9762;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#856e22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.061,
    "s": 59.281,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.546,
    "c": 0.09688,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#856E22

secondary

#4D65B6

accent

#6AE245

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110D05

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #856E22

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

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