#856F45#856F45

#856F45 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.065 H 82.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#856F45
RGB	rgb(133, 111, 69)
HSL	hsl(39, 32%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(39, 48%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 48.1%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.99, 2.73, 26.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.99, 26.69, 84.14°)
OKLab	oklab(55.27% 0.0081 0.0644)
OKLCH	oklch(55.27% 0.065 82.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.4321, 16.7859, 8.0035)
Luminance	0.1678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#856F45 #455B85

analogous

#854F45 #856F45 #7B8545

triadic

#856F45 #45856F #6F4585

tetradic

#856F45 #45854F #455B85 #85457B

square

#856F45 #45854F #455B85 #85457B

split-complementary

#856F45 #457B85 #4F4585

monochromatic

#342C1B #5D4D30 #856F45 #AB905D #C0AB85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#856F45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#856F45 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #856F45

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##856F45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##856F45	1.00	4.82	4.36	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#796F42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7446

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E6865

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #856f45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 111, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.065 82.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aa9879',
    500: '#856f45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #856f45;
$custom-light: #aa9879;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#856f45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.375,
    "s": 31.683,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55268,
    "c": 0.06494,
    "h": 82.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#856F45

secondary

#7B8BAB

accent

#84C860

background

#FAF9F7

surface

#F4F2ED

border

#CECCC8

text

#100D09

muted

#7F7E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #856F45

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

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