#856F37#856F37

#856F37 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.080 H 88.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#856F37
RGB	rgb(133, 111, 55)
HSL	hsl(43, 41%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(43, 59%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 58.6%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.79, 1.38, 33.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.79, 34.00, 87.67°)
OKLab	oklab(55.05% 0.0025 0.0797)
OKLCH	oklch(55.05% 0.08 88.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.0476, 16.6321, 5.9787)
Luminance	0.1663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#856F37 #374D85

analogous

#854837 #856F37 #748537

triadic

#856F37 #37856F #6F3785

tetradic

#856F37 #378548 #374D85 #853774

square

#856F37 #378548 #374D85 #853774

split-complementary

#856F37 #377485 #483785

monochromatic

#2E2713 #5A4B25 #856F37 #B09349 #C5AD72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85

#856F37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#856F37 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #856F37

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##856F37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##856F37	1.00	4.85	4.33	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A6E32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807439

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F6762

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #856f37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 111, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.080 88.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ab986f',
    500: '#856f37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #856f37;
$custom-light: #ab986f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#856f37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.077,
    "s": 41.489,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5505,
    "c": 0.07969,
    "h": 88.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#856F37

secondary

#6A7DAD

accent

#79D156

background

#FAF9F6

surface

#F4F2EC

border

#CECCC7

text

#100D07

muted

#7F7E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #856F37

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

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