#856F27#856F27

#856F27 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.094 H 91.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#856F27
RGB	rgb(133, 111, 39)
HSL	hsl(46, 55%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(46, 71%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 70.7%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.63, 0.23, 41.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.63, 41.72, 89.69°)
OKLab	oklab(54.87% -0.003 0.0938)
OKLCH	oklch(54.87% 0.094 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.7243, 16.5028, 4.2762)
Luminance	0.1650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#856F27 #273D85

analogous

#854027 #856F27 #6C8527

triadic

#856F27 #27856F #6F2785

tetradic

#856F27 #278540 #273D85 #85276C

square

#856F27 #278540 #273D85 #85276C

split-complementary

#856F27 #276C85 #402785

monochromatic

#26200B #564819 #856F27 #B49635 #CEB358

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#856F27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#856F27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #856F27

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##856F27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##856F27	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)

#7B6D1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81742B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#906660

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #856f27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 111, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.094 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ac9865',
    500: '#856f27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #856f27;
$custom-light: #ac9865;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#856f27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.957,
    "s": 54.651,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54866,
    "c": 0.09386,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#856F27

secondary

#556BB3

accent

#6CDE4A

background

#FAF9F6

surface

#F5F2EB

border

#CFCCC6

text

#110D06

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #856F27

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

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