#856E2B#856E2B

#856E2B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.090 H 90.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#856E2B
RGB	rgb(133, 110, 43)
HSL	hsl(45, 51%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(45, 68%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 67.7%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.38, 1.05, 39.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.38, 39.60, 88.48°)
OKLab	oklab(54.68% -0.0001 0.09)
OKLCH	oklch(54.68% 0.09 90)
XYZ	xyz(15.6856, 16.3137, 4.6077)
Luminance	0.1631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#856E2B #2B4285

analogous

#85412B #856E2B #6F852B

triadic

#856E2B #2B856E #6E2B85

tetradic

#856E2B #2B8541 #2B4285 #852B6F

square

#856E2B #2B8541 #2B4285 #852B6F

split-complementary

#856E2B #2B6F85 #412B85

monochromatic

#29220D #57481C #856E2B #B3943A #CBB05F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.93

#856E2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.26

#856E2B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #856E2B

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##856E2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##856E2B	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)

#7A6D23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80732E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#906560

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #856e2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 110, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.090 90.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ab9768',
    500: '#856e2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #856e2b;
$custom-light: #ab9768;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#856e2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.667,
    "s": 51.136,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54685,
    "c": 0.08999,
    "h": 90
  },
  "luminance": 0.16313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#856E2B

secondary

#5B71B1

accent

#71DB4D

background

#FAF9F6

surface

#F5F2EB

border

#CFCCC6

text

#100D06

muted

#7F7E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #856E2B

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

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