#856F1A#856F1A

#856F1A is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.103 H 93.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#856F1A
RGB	rgb(133, 111, 26)
HSL	hsl(48, 67%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(48, 80%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 80.5%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.53, -0.42, 47.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.53, 47.00, 90.52°)
OKLab	oklab(54.76% -0.0064 0.1024)
OKLCH	oklch(54.76% 0.103 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.5446, 16.4309, 3.3298)
Luminance	0.1643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#856F1A #1A3085

analogous

#85391A #856F1A #65851A

triadic

#856F1A #1A856F #6F1A85

tetradic

#856F1A #1A8539 #1A3085 #851A65

square

#856F1A #1A8539 #1A3085 #851A65

split-complementary

#856F1A #1A6585 #391A85

monochromatic

#1F1A06 #524410 #856F1A #B89A24 #DABA40

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#856F1A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#856F1A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #856F1A

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##856F1A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##856F1A	1.00	4.90	4.29	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C6D08

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81741F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90655F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #856f1a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 111, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.103 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac985e',
    500: '#856f1a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #856f1a;
$custom-light: #ac985e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#856f1a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.664,
    "s": 67.296,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54763,
    "c": 0.10255,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#856F1A

secondary

#425BB8

accent

#61EA3E

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2E9

border

#D0CCC5

text

#110D05

muted

#807E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #856F1A

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

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