#856F3A#856F3A

#856F3A is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.077 H 87.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#856F3A
RGB	rgb(133, 111, 58)
HSL	hsl(42, 39%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(42, 56%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 56.4%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.83, 1.64, 32.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.83, 32.46, 87.10°)
OKLab	oklab(55.09% 0.0037 0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(55.09% 0.077 87.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.1217, 16.6618, 6.3690)
Luminance	0.1666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#856F3A #3A5085

analogous

#854A3A #856F3A #76853A

triadic

#856F3A #3A856F #6F3A85

tetradic

#856F3A #3A854A #3A5085 #853A76

square

#856F3A #3A854A #3A5085 #853A76

split-complementary

#856F3A #3A7685 #4A3A85

monochromatic

#302815 #5A4B27 #856F3A #B0934D #C3AD76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85

#856F3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#856F3A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #856F3A

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##856F3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##856F3A	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)

#7A6E35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F743C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F6763

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #856f3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 111, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.077 87.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ab9871',
    500: '#856f3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #856f3a;
$custom-light: #ab9871;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#856f3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.4,
    "s": 39.267,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55092,
    "c": 0.07668,
    "h": 87.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#856F3A

secondary

#6E80AD

accent

#7BCF59

background

#FAF9F6

surface

#F4F2EC

border

#CECCC7

text

#100D08

muted

#7F7E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #856F3A

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

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