#856F2E#856F2E

#856F2E is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.088 H 90.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#856F2E
RGB	rgb(133, 111, 46)
HSL	hsl(45, 49%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(45, 65%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 65.4%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.69, 0.68, 38.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.69, 38.47, 88.98°)
OKLab	oklab(54.94% -0.0007 0.0881)
OKLCH	oklch(54.94% 0.088 90.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.8512, 16.5536, 4.9445)
Luminance	0.1655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#856F2E #2E4485

analogous

#85442E #856F2E #6F852E

triadic

#856F2E #2E856F #6F2E85

tetradic

#856F2E #2E8544 #2E4485 #852E6F

square

#856F2E #2E8544 #2E4485 #852E6F

split-complementary

#856F2E #2E6F85 #442E85

monochromatic

#2A230F #58491E #856F2E #B2953E #C9B064

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#856F2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#856F2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #856F2E

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##856F2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##856F2E	1.00	4.87	4.31	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B6E27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807431

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#906661

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #856f2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 111, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.088 90.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ab986a',
    500: '#856f2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #856f2e;
$custom-light: #ab986a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#856f2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.828,
    "s": 48.603,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54938,
    "c": 0.08808,
    "h": 90.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#856F2E

secondary

#5F73B0

accent

#72D850

background

#FAF9F6

surface

#F4F2EB

border

#CECCC6

text

#100D06

muted

#7F7E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #856F2E

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

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