#856F4D#856F4D

#856F4D is a mid, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.056 H 78.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#856F4D
RGB	rgb(133, 111, 77)
HSL	hsl(36, 27%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(36, 42%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 42.1%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.12, 3.64, 22.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.12, 22.46, 80.68°)
OKLab	oklab(55.42% 0.0116 0.0548)
OKLCH	oklch(55.42% 0.056 78.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.6973, 16.8920, 9.4007)
Luminance	0.1689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#856F4D #4D6385

analogous

#85534D #856F4D #7F854D

triadic

#856F4D #4D856F #6F4D85

tetradic

#856F4D #4D8553 #4D6385 #854D7F

square

#856F4D #4D8553 #4D6385 #854D7F

split-complementary

#856F4D #4D7F85 #534D85

monochromatic

#372E20 #5E4F37 #856F4D #A78E68 #BEAB8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#856F4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#856F4D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #856F4D

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##856F4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##856F4D	1.00	4.80	4.38	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#786F4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D744E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E6966

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #856f4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 111, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.056 78.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aa987f',
    500: '#856f4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #856f4d;
$custom-light: #aa987f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#856f4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.429,
    "s": 26.667,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55417,
    "c": 0.05599,
    "h": 78.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#856F4D

secondary

#8393AA

accent

#8AC365

background

#FAF9F7

surface

#F4F2EE

border

#CECCC9

text

#100D0A

muted

#7F7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #856F4D

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

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