#836E12#836E12

#836E12 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.106 H 94.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#836E12
RGB	rgb(131, 110, 18)
HSL	hsl(49, 76%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(49, 86%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 86.3%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.00, -1.09, 49.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.00, 49.10, 91.27°)
OKLab	oklab(54.28% -0.0089 0.1052)
OKLCH	oklch(54.28% 0.106 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.0461, 16.0217, 2.8722)
Luminance	0.1602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#836E12 #122783

analogous

#833612 #836E12 #608312

triadic

#836E12 #12836E #6E1283

tetradic

#836E12 #128336 #122783 #831260

square

#836E12 #128336 #122783 #831260

split-complementary

#836E12 #126083 #361283

monochromatic

#1B1704 #4D410B #836E12 #B99B19 #E2C12D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.00

#836E12 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.20

#836E12 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #836E12

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##836E12	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##836E12	1.00	5.00	4.20	5.00
#FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B6C00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807219

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E645E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #836e12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 110, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.106 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ab975b',
    500: '#836e12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #836e12;
$custom-light: #ab975b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#836e12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.85,
    "s": 75.839,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54281,
    "c": 0.10559,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#836E12

secondary

#3850B8

accent

#59F235

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2E9

border

#D0CCC5

text

#110D04

muted

#807E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #836E12

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

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