#856F26#856F26

#856F26 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.095 H 92.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#856F26
RGB	rgb(133, 111, 38)
HSL	hsl(46, 56%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(46, 71%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 71.4%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.62, 0.17, 42.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.62, 42.17, 89.77°)
OKLab	oklab(54.86% -0.0033 0.0946)
OKLCH	oklch(54.86% 0.095 92)
XYZ	xyz(15.7080, 16.4963, 4.1901)
Luminance	0.1650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#856F26 #263C85

analogous

#853F26 #856F26 #6B8526

triadic

#856F26 #26856F #6F2685

tetradic

#856F26 #26853F #263C85 #85266B

square

#856F26 #26853F #263C85 #85266B

split-complementary

#856F26 #266B85 #3F2685

monochromatic

#26200B #554718 #856F26 #B59734 #CFB357

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#856F26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#856F26 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #856F26

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##856F26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##856F26	1.00	4.88	4.30	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B6D1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81742A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#906660

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #856f26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 111, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.095 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac9865',
    500: '#856f26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #856f26;
$custom-light: #ac9865;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#856f26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.105,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54856,
    "c": 0.09463,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.16495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#856F26

secondary

#536AB3

accent

#6CDF49

background

#FAF9F6

surface

#F5F2EB

border

#CFCCC6

text

#110D06

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #856F26

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

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