#856F1B#856F1B

#856F1B is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.102 H 93.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#856F1B
RGB	rgb(133, 111, 27)
HSL	hsl(48, 66%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(48, 80%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 79.7%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.54, -0.38, 46.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.54, 46.64, 90.47°)
OKLab	oklab(54.77% -0.0061 0.1018)
OKLCH	oklch(54.77% 0.102 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.5560, 16.4355, 3.3897)
Luminance	0.1643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#856F1B #1B3185

analogous

#853A1B #856F1B #66851B

triadic

#856F1B #1B856F #6F1B85

tetradic

#856F1B #1B853A #1B3185 #851B66

square

#856F1B #1B853A #1B3185 #851B66

split-complementary

#856F1B #1B6685 #3A1B85

monochromatic

#1F1A06 #524511 #856F1B #B89925 #D9B942

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#856F1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#856F1B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #856F1B

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##856F1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##856F1B	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)

#7C6D0A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817420

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90655F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #856f1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 111, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.102 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac985f',
    500: '#856f1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #856f1b;
$custom-light: #ac985f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#856f1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.547,
    "s": 66.25,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5477,
    "c": 0.10198,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#856F1B

secondary

#445CB8

accent

#62E93F

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2EA

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110D05

muted

#807E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #856F1B

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

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