#856F4E#856F4E

#856F4E is a mid, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.055 H 77.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#856F4E
RGB	rgb(133, 111, 78)
HSL	hsl(36, 26%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(36, 41%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 41.4%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.14, 3.76, 21.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.14, 21.93, 80.14°)
OKLab	oklab(55.44% 0.012 0.0535)
OKLCH	oklch(55.44% 0.055 77.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.7329, 16.9062, 9.5881)
Luminance	0.1691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#856F4E #4E6485

analogous

#85544E #856F4E #80854E

triadic

#856F4E #4E856F #6F4E85

tetradic

#856F4E #4E8554 #4E6485 #854E80

square

#856F4E #4E8554 #4E6485 #854E80

split-complementary

#856F4E #4E8085 #544E85

monochromatic

#382F21 #5E4F37 #856F4E #A78E69 #BEAB90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#856F4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#856F4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #856F4E

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##856F4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##856F4E	1.00	4.79	4.38	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#786F4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D744F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E6966

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #856f4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 111, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.055 77.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aa9880',
    500: '#856f4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #856f4e;
$custom-light: #aa9880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#856f4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 26.066,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55437,
    "c": 0.05487,
    "h": 77.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#856F4E

secondary

#8494AA

accent

#8BC265

background

#FAF9F7

surface

#F4F2EE

border

#CECCC9

text

#100D0A

muted

#7F7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #856F4E

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

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