#836D1B#836D1B

#836D1B is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.100 H 93.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#836D1B
RGB	rgb(131, 109, 27)
HSL	hsl(47, 66%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(47, 79%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 79.4%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.77, -0.18, 45.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.77, 45.84, 90.23°)
OKLab	oklab(54.11% -0.0055 0.1002)
OKLCH	oklch(54.11% 0.1 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.0274, 15.8426, 3.3031)
Luminance	0.1584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#836D1B #1B3183

analogous

#83391B #836D1B #65831B

triadic

#836D1B #1B836D #6D1B83

tetradic

#836D1B #1B8339 #1B3183 #831B65

square

#836D1B #1B8339 #1B3183 #831B65

split-complementary

#836D1B #1B6583 #391B83

monochromatic

#1E1906 #504311 #836D1B #B69725 #D8B841

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.04

#836D1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#836D1B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #836D1B

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##836D1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##836D1B	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)

#7A6B0B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7220

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E645D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #836d1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 109, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.100 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ab965e',
    500: '#836d1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #836d1b;
$custom-light: #ab965e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#836d1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.308,
    "s": 65.823,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5411,
    "c": 0.10035,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.15842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#836D1B

secondary

#435CB6

accent

#63E93F

background

#FAF9F5

surface

#F5F1E9

border

#CFCBC5

text

#110D05

muted

#807E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #836D1B

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

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