#856E28#856E28

#856E28 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.092 H 90.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#856E28
RGB	rgb(133, 110, 40)
HSL	hsl(45, 54%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(45, 70%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 69.9%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.36, 0.86, 40.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.36, 40.99, 88.80°)
OKLab	oklab(54.65% -0.001 0.0924)
OKLCH	oklch(54.65% 0.092 90.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.6326, 16.2925, 4.3284)
Luminance	0.1629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#856E28 #283F85

analogous

#854028 #856E28 #6E8528

triadic

#856E28 #28856E #6E2885

tetradic

#856E28 #288540 #283F85 #85286E

square

#856E28 #288540 #283F85 #85286E

split-complementary

#856E28 #286E85 #402885

monochromatic

#27200C #56471A #856E28 #B49536 #CDB15A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.93

#856E28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.26

#856E28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #856E28

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##856E28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##856E28	1.00	4.93	4.26	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A6D1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80732B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90655F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #856e28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 110, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.092 90.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac9766',
    500: '#856e28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #856e28;
$custom-light: #ac9766;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#856e28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.161,
    "s": 53.757,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54654,
    "c": 0.09243,
    "h": 90.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#856E28

secondary

#566DB3

accent

#6FDD4B

background

#FAF9F6

surface

#F5F2EB

border

#CFCCC6

text

#100D06

muted

#7F7E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #856E28

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

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