#836B17#836B17

#836B17 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 53.6% C 0.101 H 91.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#836B17
RGB	rgb(131, 107, 23)
HSL	hsl(47, 70%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(47, 82%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.3%, 82.4%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.18, 0.81, 46.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.18, 46.77, 89.01°)
OKLab	oklab(53.64% -0.0031 0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(53.64% 0.101 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.7733, 15.4035, 3.0055)
Luminance	0.1540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#836B17 #172F83

analogous

#833517 #836B17 #658317

triadic

#836B17 #17836B #6B1783

tetradic

#836B17 #178335 #172F83 #831765

square

#836B17 #178335 #172F83 #831765

split-complementary

#836B17 #176583 #351783

monochromatic

#1B1605 #4F400E #836B17 #B79620 #DCB838

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.15

#836B17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.08

#836B17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #836B17

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##836B17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##836B17	1.00	5.15	4.08	5.15
#FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#786903

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E701C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E615B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #836b17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 107, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.6% 0.101 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ab955c',
    500: '#836b17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #836b17;
$custom-light: #ab955c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#836b17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 70.13,
    "l": 30.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53641,
    "c": 0.10133,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#836B17

secondary

#3F59B7

accent

#62ED3B

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F1E9

border

#D0CBC5

text

#110D04

muted

#807E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #836B17

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

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