#836D1E#836D1E

#836D1E is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.099 H 92.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#836D1E
RGB	rgb(131, 109, 30)
HSL	hsl(47, 63%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(47, 77%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 77.1%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.79, -0.05, 44.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.79, 44.69, 90.06°)
OKLab	oklab(54.13% -0.0047 0.0984)
OKLCH	oklch(54.13% 0.099 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.0639, 15.8572, 3.4954)
Luminance	0.1586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#836D1E #1E3483

analogous

#833B1E #836D1E #67831E

triadic

#836D1E #1E836D #6D1E83

tetradic

#836D1E #1E833B #1E3483 #831E67

square

#836D1E #1E833B #1E3483 #831E67

split-complementary

#836D1E #1E6783 #3B1E83

monochromatic

#1F1A07 #514413 #836D1E #B59629 #D5B647

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.03

#836D1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#836D1E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #836D1E

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##836D1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##836D1E	1.00	5.03	4.17	5.03
#FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#796B11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7223

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E645E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #836d1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 109, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.099 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ab9660',
    500: '#836d1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #836d1e;
$custom-light: #ab9660;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#836d1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.931,
    "s": 62.733,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54131,
    "c": 0.0985,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.15856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#836D1E

secondary

#475FB6

accent

#66E642

background

#FAF9F5

surface

#F5F1EA

border

#CFCBC6

text

#100D05

muted

#7F7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #836D1E

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

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