#816C5ECaribou (#816C5E) is a mid-tone, muted orange with an OKLCH hue of 56°, lightness 0.55 and chroma 0.034. It sits on the warm side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as a mid-weight working color for secondary surfaces and editorial blocks.
| HEX | #816C5E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(129, 108, 94) |
| HSL | hsl(24, 16%, 44%) |
| HSV | hsv(24, 27%, 51%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 16%, 27%, 49%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(47.2 6 10.9) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.547 0.034 56) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Caribou shifts only faintly, with no single dominant change; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 1.2), so it is a lighting-stable choice.
#856957 — ΔE 1.2, shifts only faintly, with no single dominant change#856c5c — ΔE 0.7, is virtually unchanged#816c5e — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#816d5f — ΔE 0.3, is virtually unchangedTest Caribou in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.
Against white it measures 4.95:1 and against black 4.24:1, so white text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text.
One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.
#d4c3b7 · #af9b8e · #816c5e · #655246 · #423227 · #21140b
The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.
#a4936b · #9c7c55 · #816c5e · #825241 · #6e413e · #593139
The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.
#b2b179 · #909076 · #816c5e · #704b31 · #523119 · #232209
One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.
#ebd1c0 · #7bb2d3 · #816c5e · #5c4f46 · #452f20 · #23170e
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#ebf3f8 · #938983 · #816c5e · #53585b · #2b221b · #000102
This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.
#f9f0ea · #d3c8c1 · #816c5e · #34271d · #120601 · #f18f42
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#e4f5ff · #6792ab · #816c5e · #275e7b · #00273b · #110300
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#e4f5ff · #5e969d · #816c5e · #435681 · #002a2e · #000008
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#e3f7f1 · #63988a · #816c5e · #5b4e7d · #271c3f · #000302
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#e9f6e9 · #749675 · #816c5e · #275e7b · #331734 · #00040c
#948175 · #A8978C · #BCADA4 · #D1C4BC · #E5DCD5
#6B594C · #57463B · #43342B · #30231B · #1E130C
#7E6D62 · #7A6E66 · #776F6A
Its moderate chroma lets it work in mid-size areas — upholstery, secondary UI surfaces, editorial blocks — without overwhelming neighbors. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.