#856F3C#856F3C

#856F3C is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.075 H 86.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#856F3C
RGBrgb(133, 111, 60)
HSLhsl(42, 38%, 38%)
HSVhsv(42, 55%, 52%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 16.5%, 54.9%, 47.8%)
CIE-LABlab(47.86, 1.82, 31.37)
CIE-LCHlch(47.86, 31.42, 86.67°)
OKLaboklab(55.12% 0.0045 0.0745)
OKLCHoklch(55.12% 0.075 86.6)
XYZxyz(16.1736, 16.6825, 6.6422)
Luminance0.1668 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#856F3C #3C5285
analogous
#854A3C #856F3C #76853C
triadic
#856F3C #3C856F #6F3C85
tetradic
#856F3C #3C854A #3C5285 #853C76
square
#856F3C #3C854A #3C5285 #853C76
split-complementary
#856F3C #3C7685 #4A3C85
monochromatic
#312916 #5B4C29 #856F3C #AF924F #C3AC79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.84
#856F3C on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34
#856F3C on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #856F3C
4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##856F3C#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##856F3C1.004.844.344.84
#FFFFFF4.841.0021.001.00
#0000004.3421.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF4.841.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#7A6E38
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7F743E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#8F6763
Achromatopsia (no color)
#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #856f3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 111, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.075 86.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aa9873',
    500: '#856f3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #856f3c;
$custom-light: #aa9873;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#856f3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.918,
    "s": 37.824,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55121,
    "c": 0.07461,
    "h": 86.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#856F3C
secondary
#7183AC
accent
#7DCE5A
background
#FAF9F7
surface
#F4F2ED
border
#CECCC8
text
#100D08
muted
#7F7E7B

Preview Lab

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#856F3C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva