#836D1F#836D1F

#836D1F is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.159; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.098 H 92.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#836D1F
RGB	rgb(131, 109, 31)
HSL	hsl(47, 62%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(47, 76%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 76.3%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.79, 0.00, 44.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.79, 44.29, 90.00°)
OKLab	oklab(54.14% -0.0045 0.0978)
OKLCH	oklch(54.14% 0.098 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.0769, 15.8624, 3.5637)
Luminance	0.1586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#836D1F #1F3583

analogous

#833B1F #836D1F #67831F

triadic

#836D1F #1F836D #6D1F83

tetradic

#836D1F #1F833B #1F3583 #831F67

square

#836D1F #1F833B #1F3583 #831F67

split-complementary

#836D1F #1F6783 #3B1F83

monochromatic

#201B08 #524413 #836D1F #B4962B #D4B549

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.03

#836D1F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.17

#836D1F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #836D1F

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##836D1F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##836D1F	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)

#796B12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7223

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E645E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #836d1f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 109, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.098 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ab9660',
    500: '#836d1f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #836d1f;
$custom-light: #ab9660;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#836d1f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.8,
    "s": 61.728,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54139,
    "c": 0.09785,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#836D1F

secondary

#4860B6

accent

#67E543

background

#FAF9F5

surface

#F5F1EA

border

#CFCBC6

text

#100D05

muted

#7F7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #836D1F

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

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