#856F39#856F39

#856F39 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.078 H 87.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#856F39
RGB	rgb(133, 111, 57)
HSL	hsl(43, 40%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(43, 57%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 57.1%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.82, 1.55, 32.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.82, 32.97, 87.30°)
OKLab	oklab(55.08% 0.0033 0.0776)
OKLCH	oklch(55.08% 0.078 87.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.0965, 16.6517, 6.2364)
Luminance	0.1665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#856F39 #394F85

analogous

#854939 #856F39 #758539

triadic

#856F39 #39856F #6F3985

tetradic

#856F39 #398549 #394F85 #853975

square

#856F39 #398549 #394F85 #853975

split-complementary

#856F39 #397585 #493985

monochromatic

#2F2714 #5A4B27 #856F39 #B0934B #C4AD75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85

#856F39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#856F39 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #856F39

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##856F39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##856F39	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)

#7A6E34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F743B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F6762

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #856f39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 111, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.078 87.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ab9871',
    500: '#856f39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #856f39;
$custom-light: #ab9871;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#856f39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.632,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55078,
    "c": 0.07769,
    "h": 87.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#856F39

secondary

#6D7FAD

accent

#7BD058

background

#FAF9F6

surface

#F4F2EC

border

#CECCC7

text

#100D08

muted

#7F7E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #856F39

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

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