#856F65#856F65

#856F65 is a mid, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.032 H 45.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#856F65
RGB	rgb(133, 111, 101)
HSL	hsl(19, 14%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(19, 24%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 24.1%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.63, 6.98, 8.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.63, 11.23, 51.55°)
OKLab	oklab(55.98% 0.0222 0.0228)
OKLCH	oklch(55.98% 0.032 45.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.7064, 17.2956, 14.7151)
Luminance	0.1729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#856F65 #657B85

analogous

#85656B #856F65 #857F65

triadic

#856F65 #65856F #6F6585

tetradic

#856F65 #6B8565 #657B85 #7F6585

square

#856F65 #6B8565 #657B85 #7F6585

split-complementary

#856F65 #65857F #656B85

monochromatic

#3F3530 #62524B #856F65 #A28E85 #BDAEA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#856F65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#856F65 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #856F65

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##856F65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##856F65	1.00	4.71	4.46	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#757164

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7565

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B6C6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #856f65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 111, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.032 45.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a99890',
    500: '#856f65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #856f65;
$custom-light: #a99890;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#856f65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.75,
    "s": 13.675,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5598,
    "c": 0.03182,
    "h": 45.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#856F65

secondary

#9AA6AC

accent

#A1B771

background

#FAF9F8

surface

#F4F2F0

border

#CECCCB

text

#100D0C

muted

#7F7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #856F65

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

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