#836D4E#836D4E

#836D4E is a mid, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.053 H 75.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#836D4E
RGB	rgb(131, 109, 78)
HSL	hsl(35, 25%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(35, 40%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 40.5%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.38, 4.04, 20.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.38, 20.96, 78.88°)
OKLab	oklab(54.79% 0.0129 0.0511)
OKLCH	oklch(54.79% 0.053 75.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.2043, 16.3134, 9.5015)
Luminance	0.1631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#836D4E #4E6483

analogous

#83524E #836D4E #7E834E

triadic

#836D4E #4E836D #6D4E83

tetradic

#836D4E #4E8352 #4E6483 #834E7E

square

#836D4E #4E8352 #4E6483 #834E7E

split-complementary

#836D4E #4E7E83 #524E83

monochromatic

#362D20 #5D4D37 #836D4E #A68C69 #BCAA8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.93

#836D4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.26

#836D4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #836D4E

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##836D4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##836D4E	1.00	4.93	4.26	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766D4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B734F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B6765

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #836d4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 109, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.053 75.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a89680',
    500: '#836d4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #836d4e;
$custom-light: #a89680;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#836d4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.094,
    "s": 25.359,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54794,
    "c": 0.05273,
    "h": 75.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#836D4E

secondary

#8493A9

accent

#8CC266

background

#FAF9F7

surface

#F4F2EE

border

#CECCC9

text

#100D0A

muted

#7F7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #836D4E

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