#856F3E#856F3E

#856F3E is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.073 H 85.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#856F3E
RGB	rgb(133, 111, 62)
HSL	hsl(41, 36%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(41, 53%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 53.4%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.88, 2.01, 30.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.88, 30.38, 86.20°)
OKLab	oklab(55.15% 0.0053 0.0723)
OKLCH	oklch(55.15% 0.073 85.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.2274, 16.7041, 6.9260)
Luminance	0.1670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#856F3E #3E5485

analogous

#854B3E #856F3E #77853E

triadic

#856F3E #3E856F #6F3E85

tetradic

#856F3E #3E854B #3E5485 #853E77

square

#856F3E #3E854B #3E5485 #853E77

split-complementary

#856F3E #3E7785 #4B3E85

monochromatic

#322917 #5B4C2B #856F3E #AE9252 #C2AC7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.84

#856F3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#856F3E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #856F3E

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##856F3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##856F3E	1.00	4.84	4.34	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A6E3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7440

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F6763

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #856f3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 111, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.073 85.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aa9874',
    500: '#856f3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #856f3e;
$custom-light: #aa9874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#856f3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.408,
    "s": 36.41,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55152,
    "c": 0.07252,
    "h": 85.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#856F3E

secondary

#7385AC

accent

#7ECC5B

background

#FAF9F7

surface

#F4F2ED

border

#CECCC8

text

#100D08

muted

#7F7E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #856F3E

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

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