#856F1C#856F1C

#856F1C is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.101 H 93.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#856F1C
RGB	rgb(133, 111, 28)
HSL	hsl(47, 65%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(47, 79%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 78.9%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.55, -0.34, 46.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.55, 46.27, 90.42°)
OKLab	oklab(54.78% -0.0059 0.1012)
OKLCH	oklch(54.78% 0.101 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.5678, 16.4402, 3.4517)
Luminance	0.1644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#856F1C #1C3285

analogous

#853B1C #856F1C #67851C

triadic

#856F1C #1C856F #6F1C85

tetradic

#856F1C #1C853B #1C3285 #851C67

square

#856F1C #1C853B #1C3285 #851C67

split-complementary

#856F1C #1C6785 #3B1C85

monochromatic

#201B07 #524511 #856F1C #B89927 #D8B944

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#856F1C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#856F1C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #856F1C

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##856F1C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##856F1C	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)

#7C6D0C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817421

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90655F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #856f1c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 111, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.101 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac985f',
    500: '#856f1c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #856f1c;
$custom-light: #ac985f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#856f1c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.429,
    "s": 65.217,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54776,
    "c": 0.10139,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#856F1C

secondary

#455DB8

accent

#63E840

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2EA

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110D05

muted

#807E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #856F1C

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

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