#836D1C#836D1C

#836D1C is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.158; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.100 H 93.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#836D1C
RGB	rgb(131, 109, 28)
HSL	hsl(47, 65%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(47, 79%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 78.6%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.77, -0.14, 45.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.77, 45.47, 90.17°)
OKLab	oklab(54.12% -0.0052 0.0996)
OKLCH	oklch(54.12% 0.1 93)
XYZ	xyz(15.0392, 15.8473, 3.3651)
Luminance	0.1585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#836D1C #1C3283

analogous

#83391C #836D1C #65831C

triadic

#836D1C #1C836D #6D1C83

tetradic

#836D1C #1C8339 #1C3283 #831C65

square

#836D1C #1C8339 #1C3283 #831C65

split-complementary

#836D1C #1C6583 #391C83

monochromatic

#1E1906 #514311 #836D1C #B59727 #D7B743

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.04

#836D1C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#836D1C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #836D1C

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##836D1C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##836D1C	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)

#7A6B0D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7221

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E645D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #836d1c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 109, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.100 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ab965f',
    500: '#836d1c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #836d1c;
$custom-light: #ab965f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#836d1c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.184,
    "s": 64.78,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54117,
    "c": 0.09975,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.15846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#836D1C

secondary

#455DB6

accent

#64E840

background

#FAF9F5

surface

#F5F1EA

border

#CFCBC6

text

#110D05

muted

#807E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #836D1C

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

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