#856F35#856F35

#856F35 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.082 H 88.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#856F35
RGB	rgb(133, 111, 53)
HSL	hsl(44, 43%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(44, 60%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 60.2%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.77, 1.21, 34.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.77, 35.01, 88.01°)
OKLab	oklab(55.02% 0.0018 0.0816)
OKLCH	oklch(55.02% 0.082 88.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.0006, 16.6133, 5.7314)
Luminance	0.1661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#856F35 #354B85

analogous

#854735 #856F35 #738535

triadic

#856F35 #35856F #6F3585

tetradic

#856F35 #358547 #354B85 #853573

square

#856F35 #358547 #354B85 #853573

split-complementary

#856F35 #357385 #473585

monochromatic

#2D2612 #594A24 #856F35 #B19446 #C6AE6F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#856F35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#856F35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #856F35

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##856F35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##856F35	1.00	4.86	4.32	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A6E2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807437

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F6762

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #856f35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 111, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.082 88.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ab986e',
    500: '#856f35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #856f35;
$custom-light: #ab986e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#856f35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.5,
    "s": 43.011,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55023,
    "c": 0.08164,
    "h": 88.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#856F35

secondary

#687BAE

accent

#78D355

background

#FAF9F6

surface

#F4F2EC

border

#CECCC7

text

#100D07

muted

#7F7E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #856F35

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

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