#836C17#836C17

#836C17 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.156; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.102 H 92.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#836C17
RGB	rgb(131, 108, 23)
HSL	hsl(47, 70%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(47, 82%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 82.4%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.46, 0.23, 47.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.46, 47.02, 89.72°)
OKLab	oklab(53.86% -0.0047 0.1018)
OKLCH	oklch(53.86% 0.102 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.8782, 15.6132, 3.0404)
Luminance	0.1561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#836C17 #172E83

analogous

#833617 #836C17 #648317

triadic

#836C17 #17836C #6C1783

tetradic

#836C17 #178336 #172E83 #831764

square

#836C17 #178336 #172E83 #831764

split-complementary

#836C17 #176483 #361783

monochromatic

#1B1605 #4F410E #836C17 #B79720 #DCB938

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.09

#836C17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.12

#836C17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #836C17

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##836C17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##836C17	1.00	5.09	4.12	5.09
#FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#796A03

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F711D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E625C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #836c17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 108, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.102 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ab955c',
    500: '#836c17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #836c17;
$custom-light: #ab955c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#836c17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.222,
    "s": 70.13,
    "l": 30.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53862,
    "c": 0.10194,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#836C17

secondary

#3F58B7

accent

#61ED3B

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F1E9

border

#D0CBC5

text

#110D04

muted

#807E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #836C17

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

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