#856E24#856E24

#856E24 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.095 H 91.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#856E24
RGB	rgb(133, 110, 36)
HSL	hsl(46, 57%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(46, 73%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 72.9%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.32, 0.63, 42.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.32, 42.76, 89.16°)
OKLab	oklab(54.62% -0.0022 0.0954)
OKLCH	oklch(54.62% 0.095 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.5681, 16.2667, 3.9885)
Luminance	0.1627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#856E24 #243B85

analogous

#853D24 #856E24 #6B8524

triadic

#856E24 #24856E #6E2485

tetradic

#856E24 #24853D #243B85 #85246B

square

#856E24 #24853D #243B85 #85246B

split-complementary

#856E24 #246B85 #3D2485

monochromatic

#251E0A #554617 #856E24 #B59631 #D0B353

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#856E24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#856E24 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #856E24

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##856E24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##856E24	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)

#7A6C1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807328

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90655F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #856e24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 110, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.095 91.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac9763',
    500: '#856e24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #856e24;
$custom-light: #ac9763;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#856e24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.773,
    "s": 57.396,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54617,
    "c": 0.09546,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#856E24

secondary

#5068B4

accent

#6CE147

background

#FAF9F6

surface

#F5F2EB

border

#CFCCC6

text

#110D05

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #856E24

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

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