#836D1A#836D1A

#836D1A is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.101 H 93.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#836D1A
RGB	rgb(131, 109, 26)
HSL	hsl(47, 67%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(47, 80%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 80.2%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.76, -0.23, 46.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.76, 46.21, 90.28°)
OKLab	oklab(54.1% -0.0057 0.1008)
OKLCH	oklch(54.1% 0.101 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.0160, 15.8381, 3.2432)
Luminance	0.1584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#836D1A #1A3083

analogous

#83391A #836D1A #64831A

triadic

#836D1A #1A836D #6D1A83

tetradic

#836D1A #1A8339 #1A3083 #831A64

square

#836D1A #1A8339 #1A3083 #831A64

split-complementary

#836D1A #1A6483 #391A83

monochromatic

#1D1806 #504310 #836D1A #B69724 #D9B83F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.04

#836D1A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#836D1A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #836D1A

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##836D1A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##836D1A	1.00	5.04	4.17	5.04
#FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A6B09

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F721F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E635D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #836d1a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 109, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.101 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ab965e',
    500: '#836d1a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #836d1a;
$custom-light: #ab965e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#836d1a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.429,
    "s": 66.879,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54103,
    "c": 0.10093,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#836D1A

secondary

#425BB7

accent

#62EA3E

background

#FAF9F5

surface

#F5F1E9

border

#CFCBC5

text

#110D05

muted

#807E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #836D1A

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

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