#856F17#856F17

#856F17 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.104 H 93.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#856F17
RGB	rgb(133, 111, 23)
HSL	hsl(48, 71%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(48, 83%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 82.7%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.52, -0.54, 48.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.52, 48.04, 90.64°)
OKLab	oklab(54.75% -0.007 0.1039)
OKLCH	oklch(54.75% 0.104 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.5128, 16.4182, 3.1624)
Luminance	0.1642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#856F17 #172D85

analogous

#853817 #856F17 #648517

triadic

#856F17 #17856F #6F1785

tetradic

#856F17 #178538 #172D85 #851764

square

#856F17 #178538 #172D85 #851764

split-complementary

#856F17 #176485 #381785

monochromatic

#1D1805 #51430E #856F17 #B99B20 #DDBC3A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#856F17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#856F17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #856F17

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##856F17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##856F17	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)

#7C6D01

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81731D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90655F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #856f17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 111, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.104 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac985d',
    500: '#856f17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #856f17;
$custom-light: #ac985d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#856f17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 70.513,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54745,
    "c": 0.10416,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#856F17

secondary

#3F57B9

accent

#5EED3B

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2E9

border

#D0CCC5

text

#110D05

muted

#807E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #856F17

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

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