#857E2A#857E2A

#857E2A is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.104 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#857E2A
RGB	rgb(133, 126, 42)
HSL	hsl(55, 52%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(55, 68%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 68.4%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.92, -8.04, 44.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.92, 45.54, 100.17°)
OKLab	oklab(58.28% -0.0262 0.1009)
OKLCH	oklch(58.28% 0.104 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.5523, 20.0761, 5.1405)
Luminance	0.2008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#857E2A #2A3185

analogous

#85512A #857E2A #5F852A

triadic

#857E2A #2A857E #7E2A85

tetradic

#857E2A #2A8551 #2A3185 #852A5F

square

#857E2A #2A8551 #2A3185 #852A5F

split-complementary

#857E2A #2A5F85 #512A85

monochromatic

#28260D #56521B #857E2A #B4AA39 #CCC35D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#857E2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#857E2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #857E2A

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##857E2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##857E2A	1.00	4.19	5.02	5.02
#FFFFFF	4.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#897A1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7E2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F756D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #857e2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(133, 126, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.104 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aba368',
    500: '#857e2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #857e2a;
$custom-light: #aba368;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#857e2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 133,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.385,
    "s": 52,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58278,
    "c": 0.10425,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#857E2A

secondary

#5960B2

accent

#57DB4C

background

#FAFAF6

surface

#F4F3EB

border

#CECDC6

text

#100F06

muted

#7F7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #857E2A

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

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