#856E4E#856E4E

#856E4E is a mid, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.054 H 75.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#856E4E
RGB	rgb(133, 110, 78)
HSL	hsl(35, 26%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(35, 41%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 41.4%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.87, 4.34, 21.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.87, 21.69, 78.46°)
OKLab	oklab(55.22% 0.0137 0.0527)
OKLCH	oklch(55.22% 0.054 75.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.6244, 16.6892, 9.5519)
Luminance	0.1669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#856E4E #4E6585

analogous

#85534E #856E4E #81854E

triadic

#856E4E #4E856E #6E4E85

tetradic

#856E4E #4E8553 #4E6585 #854E81

square

#856E4E #4E8553 #4E6585 #854E81

split-complementary

#856E4E #4E8185 #534E85

monochromatic

#382E21 #5E4E37 #856E4E #A78D69 #BEAA90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.84

#856E4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#856E4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #856E4E

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##856E4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##856E4E	1.00	4.84	4.34	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#776E4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C744F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E6866

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #856e4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 110, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.054 75.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aa9780',
    500: '#856e4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #856e4e;
$custom-light: #aa9780;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#856e4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.909,
    "s": 26.066,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55221,
    "c": 0.05445,
    "h": 75.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#856E4E

secondary

#8494AA

accent

#8CC265

background

#FAF9F7

surface

#F4F2EE

border

#CECCC9

text

#100D0A

muted

#7F7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #856E4E

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

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