#856F1D#856F1D

#856F1D is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.101 H 93.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#856F1D
RGB	rgb(133, 111, 29)
HSL	hsl(47, 64%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(47, 78%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 78.2%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.55, -0.30, 45.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.55, 45.89, 90.37°)
OKLab	oklab(54.78% -0.0057 0.1006)
OKLCH	oklch(54.78% 0.101 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.5799, 16.4451, 3.5158)
Luminance	0.1644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#856F1D #1D3385

analogous

#853B1D #856F1D #67851D

triadic

#856F1D #1D856F #6F1D85

tetradic

#856F1D #1D853B #1D3385 #851D67

square

#856F1D #1D853B #1D3385 #851D67

split-complementary

#856F1D #1D6785 #3B1D85

monochromatic

#211B07 #534512 #856F1D #B79928 #D7B846

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#856F1D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#856F1D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #856F1D

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##856F1D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##856F1D	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)

#7C6D0E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817422

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90655F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #856f1d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 111, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.101 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac9860',
    500: '#856f1d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #856f1d;
$custom-light: #ac9860;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#856f1d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.308,
    "s": 64.198,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54783,
    "c": 0.10079,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#856F1D

secondary

#465EB8

accent

#64E741

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2EA

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110D05

muted

#807E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #856F1D

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

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