#836D17#836D17

#836D17 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.103 H 93.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#836D17
RGB	rgb(131, 109, 23)
HSL	hsl(48, 70%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(48, 82%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 82.4%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.74, -0.34, 47.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.74, 47.27, 90.42°)
OKLab	oklab(54.09% -0.0063 0.1024)
OKLCH	oklch(54.09% 0.103 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.9842, 15.8253, 3.0758)
Luminance	0.1582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#836D17 #172D83

analogous

#833717 #836D17 #638317

triadic

#836D17 #17836D #6D1783

tetradic

#836D17 #178337 #172D83 #831763

square

#836D17 #178337 #172D83 #831763

split-complementary

#836D17 #176383 #371783

monochromatic

#1B1605 #4F420E #836D17 #B79820 #DCBB38

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.04

#836D17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.16

#836D17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #836D17

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##836D17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##836D17	1.00	5.04	4.16	5.04
#FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A6B03

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F721D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E635D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #836d17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 109, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.103 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ab965d',
    500: '#836d17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #836d17;
$custom-light: #ab965d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#836d17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.778,
    "s": 70.13,
    "l": 30.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54085,
    "c": 0.10257,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#836D17

secondary

#3F57B7

accent

#5FED3B

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F1E9

border

#D0CBC5

text

#110D04

muted

#807E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #836D17

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

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