#856E37#856E37

#856E37 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.079 H 87.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#856E37
RGB	rgb(133, 110, 55)
HSL	hsl(42, 41%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(42, 59%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 58.6%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.51, 1.96, 33.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.51, 33.70, 86.67°)
OKLab	oklab(54.83% 0.0042 0.0789)
OKLCH	oklch(54.83% 0.079 87)
XYZ	xyz(15.9391, 16.4151, 5.9426)
Luminance	0.1641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#856E37 #374E85

analogous

#854737 #856E37 #758537

triadic

#856E37 #37856E #6E3785

tetradic

#856E37 #378547 #374E85 #853775

square

#856E37 #378547 #374E85 #853775

split-complementary

#856E37 #377585 #473785

monochromatic

#2E2613 #5A4A25 #856E37 #B09249 #C5AC72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#856E37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#856E37 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #856E37

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##856E37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##856E37	1.00	4.90	4.28	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#796D32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7339

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F6661

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #856e37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 110, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.079 87.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ab976f',
    500: '#856e37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #856e37;
$custom-light: #ab976f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#856e37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.308,
    "s": 41.489,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5483,
    "c": 0.07905,
    "h": 87
  },
  "luminance": 0.16414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#856E37

secondary

#6A7EAD

accent

#7BD156

background

#FAF9F6

surface

#F4F2EC

border

#CECCC7

text

#100D07

muted

#7F7E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #856E37

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

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