#856448

sRGB · 133 / 100 / 72

#856448 belongs to the orange family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 133 red, 100 green and 72 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 27.5° lands in the orange region. Its 29.8% saturation makes it close to gray at this lightness. HSL lightness is 40.2% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, white has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (5.37:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 133, 100, 72
HSL: 27.54°, 29.76%, 40.20%
HSV / HSB: 27.54°, 45.86%, 52.16%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 24.81%, 45.86%, 47.84%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 15.399, 14.569, 8.132
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 45.038, 9.482, 21.019
WCAG relative luminance: 0.14569
24-bit decimal: 8741960

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #856448 in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text · 3.91:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: AA

White text · 5.37:1

Normal text: AA
Large text: AAA

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio. WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#486985 sits half a turn (180°) from #856448 on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#856448 #486985

Analogous

#85484B and #858348 sit 30° to either side of #856448. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#85484B #856448 #858348

Triadic

#856448, #488564 and #644885 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#856448 #488564 #644885

Split complementary

Start at #856448 and look across the wheel. #488583 and #484B85 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#856448 #488583 #484B85

Square

Starting with #856448, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #4B8548, #486985, then #834885. Across the square, #856448 pairs with #486985, and #4B8548 with #834885.

#856448 #4B8548 #486985 #834885

Tetradic

#856448 and #486985 are opposites, as are #698548 and #644885. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#856448 #698548 #486985 #644885

Tints

Mixing #856448 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #9D836D, keeps 80% of the original. By #E7E0DA, the mixture is 80% white.

#856448 #9D836D #B6A291 #CEC1B6 #E7E0DA #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #856448 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #6A503A, keeps 80% of the original. By #1B140E, the mixture is 80% black.

#856448 #6A503A #503C2B #35281D #1B140E #000000

Tones

Mixing #856448 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #846A53, keeps 80% of the original. By #817A75, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#856448 #846A53 #836F5E #82756A #817A75 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#856448

RGB

rgb(133 100 72)

HSL

hsl(27.541 29.756% 40.196%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #856448;
  color: #FFFFFF;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#856448 uses 133 red, 100 green and 72 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 52.2%

Green 39.2%

Blue 28.2%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #856448 is 0.0% cyan, 24.8% magenta, 45.9% yellow and 47.8% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 24.8%

Yellow 45.9%

Black 47.8%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #886644. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #864 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #856448 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #996633, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand · #886644 Nearest web-safe · #996633

Gradient to complement

#856448 #7B6552 #71665C #676767 #5C6771 #52687B #486985

Color vision previews

Compare how #856448 appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#6E6646

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#766E48

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#8F5D5D

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#776647

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#7A6A48

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#866351

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#6B6B6B

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#79675B

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.23455 G 0.12744 B 0.06480

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.50161 G 0.39731 B 0.29797

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.21553 G 0.13099 B 0.07224

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.404 y 0.382 Y 14.569

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 47.843 M % 60.784 Y % 71.765

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

10000101 01100100 01001000