#856E36#856E36

#856E36 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.080 H 87.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#856E36
RGB	rgb(133, 110, 54)
HSL	hsl(43, 42%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(43, 59%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 59.4%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.50, 1.87, 34.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.50, 34.21, 86.86°)
OKLab	oklab(54.82% 0.0038 0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(54.82% 0.08 87.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.9154, 16.4056, 5.8176)
Luminance	0.1641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#856E36 #364D85

analogous

#854736 #856E36 #758536

triadic

#856E36 #36856E #6E3685

tetradic

#856E36 #368547 #364D85 #853675

square

#856E36 #368547 #364D85 #853675

split-complementary

#856E36 #367585 #473685

monochromatic

#2E2613 #594A24 #856E36 #B19248 #C5AC70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#856E36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#856E36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #856E36

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##856E36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##856E36	1.00	4.91	4.28	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#796D31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7338

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F6661

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #856e36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 110, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.080 87.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ab976f',
    500: '#856e36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #856e36;
$custom-light: #ab976f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#856e36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.532,
    "s": 42.246,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54817,
    "c": 0.08003,
    "h": 87.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#856E36

secondary

#697DAE

accent

#7AD256

background

#FAF9F6

surface

#F4F2EC

border

#CECCC7

text

#100D07

muted

#7F7E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #856E36

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

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