Information about #856C2C color
Basic facts about this digital color
#856C2C is a clearly saturated amber-leaning orange that occupies the middle of the lightness scale. It is a natural fit for balanced palettes where no single element should shout. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to Corn Harvest (#8D702A). Slightly further away sit Yukon Gold (#826A21) and Spanish Bistre (#807532).
In RGB terms — rgb(133, 108, 44) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, white text reaches a 5.0:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); black stays at 4.2:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #856C2C is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.
#856C2C color variations
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#856C2C color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#856C2C color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#856C2C color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#856C2C color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#856C2C color harmonies
Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.
Complementary
Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
Analogous
Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #856C2C color
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Nearest named colors to #856C2C
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#8D702A
#826A21
#807532
#916A2D
#896C39
#855F31
#7C7631
#77712B
#836539
#886221
#8D5F2C
#8C6338
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#856C2C
- RGB133, 108, 44
- CMYK0, 10, 35, 48
- CSSrgb(133, 108, 44)
- HSL43°, 50%, 35%
- HSL Precise43.146°, 50.282%, 34.706%
- HSV43°, 67%, 52%
- HSB43°, 67%, 52%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.522
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.424
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.173
- GLSLvec3(0.522, 0.424, 0.173)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.522, 0.424, 0.173, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.522, 0.424, 0.173)
- Percentage of Red in RGB52.2%
- Percentage of Green in RGB42.4%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB17.3%
- Color FamilyOrange
- Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
- Lightness FamilyNeutral
- HEX ID856C2C
- DECIMAL ID8743980
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers9 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
