#856F46#856F46

#856F46 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.064 H 82.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#856F46
RGB	rgb(133, 111, 70)
HSL	hsl(39, 31%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(39, 47%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 47.4%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.01, 2.83, 26.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.01, 26.16, 83.78°)
OKLab	oklab(55.29% 0.0086 0.0633)
OKLCH	oklch(55.29% 0.064 82.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.4634, 16.7984, 8.1684)
Luminance	0.1680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#856F46 #465C85

analogous

#855046 #856F46 #7B8546

triadic

#856F46 #46856F #6F4685

tetradic

#856F46 #468550 #465C85 #85467B

square

#856F46 #468550 #465C85 #85467B

split-complementary

#856F46 #467B85 #504685

monochromatic

#352C1C #5D4E31 #856F46 #AA905E #BFAB86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#856F46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#856F46 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #856F46

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##856F46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##856F46	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)

#796F43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E7447

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E6865

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #856f46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 111, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.064 82.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aa987a',
    500: '#856f46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #856f46;
$custom-light: #aa987a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#856f46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.048,
    "s": 31.034,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55285,
    "c": 0.06384,
    "h": 82.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#856F46

secondary

#7C8CAB

accent

#84C761

background

#FAF9F7

surface

#F4F2ED

border

#CECCC8

text

#100D09

muted

#7F7E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #856F46

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

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