#856F3B#856F3B

#856F3B is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.076 H 86.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#856F3B
RGB	rgb(133, 111, 59)
HSL	hsl(42, 39%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(42, 56%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 55.6%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.84, 1.73, 31.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.84, 31.94, 86.89°)
OKLab	oklab(55.11% 0.0041 0.0755)
OKLCH	oklch(55.11% 0.076 86.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.1474, 16.6720, 6.5043)
Luminance	0.1667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#856F3B #3B5185

analogous

#854A3B #856F3B #76853B

triadic

#856F3B #3B856F #6F3B85

tetradic

#856F3B #3B854A #3B5185 #853B76

square

#856F3B #3B854A #3B5185 #853B76

split-complementary

#856F3B #3B7685 #4A3B85

monochromatic

#302815 #5B4C28 #856F3B #AF924E #C3AC78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85

#856F3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#856F3B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #856F3B

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##856F3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##856F3B	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)

#7A6E36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F743D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F6763

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #856f3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 111, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.076 86.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aa9872',
    500: '#856f3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #856f3b;
$custom-light: #aa9872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#856f3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.162,
    "s": 38.542,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55106,
    "c": 0.07565,
    "h": 86.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#856F3B

secondary

#6F82AC

accent

#7CCE59

background

#FAF9F7

surface

#F4F2ED

border

#CECCC8

text

#100D08

muted

#7F7E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #856F3B

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

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