#856F18#856F18

#856F18 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.104 H 93.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#856F18
RGB	rgb(133, 111, 24)
HSL	hsl(48, 69%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(48, 82%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 82%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.52, -0.50, 47.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.52, 47.70, 90.60°)
OKLab	oklab(54.75% -0.0068 0.1034)
OKLCH	oklch(54.75% 0.104 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.5231, 16.4223, 3.2162)
Luminance	0.1642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#856F18 #182E85

analogous

#853818 #856F18 #648518

triadic

#856F18 #18856F #6F1885

tetradic

#856F18 #188538 #182E85 #851864

square

#856F18 #188538 #182E85 #851864

split-complementary

#856F18 #186485 #381885

monochromatic

#1D1805 #51440F #856F18 #B99A21 #DCBB3C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#856F18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#856F18 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #856F18

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##856F18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##856F18	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)

#7C6D03

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81731E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90655F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #856f18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 111, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.104 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac985d',
    500: '#856f18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #856f18;
$custom-light: #ac985d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#856f18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.89,
    "s": 69.427,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54751,
    "c": 0.10363,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#856F18

secondary

#4058B9

accent

#5FEC3C

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2E9

border

#D0CCC5

text

#110D05

muted

#807E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #856F18

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

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