#856F1F#856F1F

#856F1F is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.100 H 93.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#856F1F
RGB	rgb(133, 111, 31)
HSL	hsl(47, 62%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(47, 77%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 76.7%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.57, -0.20, 45.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.57, 45.11, 90.26°)
OKLab	oklab(54.8% -0.0052 0.0994)
OKLCH	oklch(54.8% 0.1 93)
XYZ	xyz(15.6055, 16.4553, 3.6503)
Luminance	0.1645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#856F1F #1F3585

analogous

#853C1F #856F1F #68851F

triadic

#856F1F #1F856F #6F1F85

tetradic

#856F1F #1F853C #1F3585 #851F68

square

#856F1F #1F853C #1F3585 #851F68

split-complementary

#856F1F #1F6885 #3C1F85

monochromatic

#221C08 #534613 #856F1F #B7982B #D5B74A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#856F1F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#856F1F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #856F1F

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##856F1F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##856F1F	1.00	4.89	4.29	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C6D12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817424

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90665F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #856f1f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 111, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.100 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac9861',
    500: '#856f1f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #856f1f;
$custom-light: #ac9861;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#856f1f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.059,
    "s": 62.195,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54798,
    "c": 0.09953,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.16454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#856F1F

secondary

#4960B7

accent

#66E543

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2EA

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110D05

muted

#807E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #856F1F

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

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