#856E31#856E31

#856E31 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.085 H 88.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#856E31
RGB	rgb(133, 110, 49)
HSL	hsl(44, 46%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(44, 63%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 63.2%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.44, 1.48, 36.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.44, 36.71, 87.69°)
OKLab	oklab(54.75% 0.002 0.0847)
OKLCH	oklch(54.75% 0.085 88.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.8039, 16.3610, 5.2307)
Luminance	0.1636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#856E31 #314885

analogous

#854431 #856E31 #728531

triadic

#856E31 #31856E #6E3185

tetradic

#856E31 #318544 #314885 #853172

square

#856E31 #318544 #314885 #853172

split-complementary

#856E31 #317285 #443185

monochromatic

#2C2410 #584921 #856E31 #B29341 #C8AE69

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.92

#856E31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.27

#856E31 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #856E31

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##856E31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##856E31	1.00	4.92	4.27	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A6D2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7333

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#906560

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #856e31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 110, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.085 88.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ab976b',
    500: '#856e31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #856e31;
$custom-light: #ab976b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#856e31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.571,
    "s": 46.154,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54753,
    "c": 0.08474,
    "h": 88.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#856E31

secondary

#6378AF

accent

#76D652

background

#FAF9F6

surface

#F4F2EB

border

#CECCC6

text

#100D07

muted

#7F7E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #856E31

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

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