#856E53#856E53

#856E53 is a mid, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.049 H 71.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#856E53
RGB	rgb(133, 110, 83)
HSL	hsl(32, 23%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(32, 38%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 37.6%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.96, 4.97, 18.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.96, 19.13, 74.94°)
OKLab	oklab(55.33% 0.0159 0.0463)
OKLCH	oklch(55.33% 0.049 71)
XYZ	xyz(16.8105, 16.7637, 10.5322)
Luminance	0.1676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#856E53 #536A85

analogous

#855553 #856E53 #838553

triadic

#856E53 #53856E #6E5385

tetradic

#856E53 #538555 #536A85 #855383

square

#856E53 #538555 #536A85 #855383

split-complementary

#856E53 #538385 #555385

monochromatic

#3A3024 #5F4F3B #856E53 #A68D70 #BDAB95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#856E53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#856E53 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #856E53

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##856E53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##856E53	1.00	4.82	4.35	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766F51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7454

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D6867

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #856e53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 110, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.049 71.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a99783',
    500: '#856e53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #856e53;
$custom-light: #a99783;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#856e53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.4,
    "s": 23.148,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55326,
    "c": 0.04895,
    "h": 71
  },
  "luminance": 0.16763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#856E53

secondary

#8A99AA

accent

#90C068

background

#FAF9F8

surface

#F4F2EF

border

#CECCCA

text

#100D0A

muted

#7F7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #856E53

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

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