Information about #856E3D color

#856E3D color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#856E3D falls into the Orange Color Family — Mild Saturation, Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(133, 110, 61) — 52.2% red, 43.1% green, 23.9% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 9 / 28 / 48. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #856E3D reads as a moderately toned amber-leaning orange and occupies the middle of the lightness scale. Expect to see shades like this in balanced palettes where no single element should shout. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Yellow Sea Pine Brown (#896C39). Slightly further away sit Timbuktu (#7F6C43) and Authentic (#8A6843).

In RGB terms — rgb(133, 110, 61) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. On this background, white text reaches a 4.9:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AA); black stays at 4.3:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #856E3D is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#856E3D color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#856E3D color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#856E3D color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#856E3D color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#856E3D color hues

A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
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#856E3D 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.

Complementary color schemes
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Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme
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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.

Analogous color scheme
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Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme
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Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme
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Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme
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Nearest named colors to #856E3D

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Yellow Sea Pine Brown color link
Yellow Sea Pine Brown

#896C39

Timbuktu color link
Timbuktu

#7F6C43

Authentic color link
Authentic

#8A6843

Dirt Brown color link
Dirt Brown

#836539

Bullwhip color link
Bullwhip

#8F7040

Raw Umber color link
Raw Umber

#826644

Coyote Brown color link
Coyote Brown

#81613C

Spanish Bistre color link
Spanish Bistre

#807532

Mckenzie color link
Mckenzie

#8C6338

Dull Brown color link
Dull Brown

#876E4B

Bling color link
Bling

#7F724A

Triumph color link
Triumph

#89603A

#856E3D color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#856E3D
  • RGB133, 110, 61
  • CMYK0, 9, 28, 48
  • CSSrgb(133, 110, 61)
  • HSL41°, 37%, 38%
  • HSL Precise40.833°, 37.113%, 38.039%
  • HSV41°, 54%, 52%
  • HSB41°, 54%, 52%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.522
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.431
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.239
  • GLSLvec3(0.522, 0.431, 0.239)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.522, 0.431, 0.239, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.522, 0.431, 0.239)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB52.2%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB43.1%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB23.9%
  • Color FamilyOrange
  • Saturation FamilyMild Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX ID856E3D
  • DECIMAL ID8744509
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers23 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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