#836E17#836E17

#836E17 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.160; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.103 H 94.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#836E17
RGB	rgb(131, 110, 23)
HSL	hsl(48, 70%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(48, 82%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 82.4%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.03, -0.92, 47.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.03, 47.53, 91.11°)
OKLab	oklab(54.31% -0.008 0.1029)
OKLCH	oklch(54.31% 0.103 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.0915, 16.0399, 3.1116)
Luminance	0.1604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#836E17 #172C83

analogous

#833817 #836E17 #628317

triadic

#836E17 #17836E #6E1783

tetradic

#836E17 #178338 #172C83 #831762

square

#836E17 #178338 #172C83 #831762

split-complementary

#836E17 #176283 #381783

monochromatic

#1B1705 #4F420E #836E17 #B79A20 #DCBC38

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.99

#836E17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.21

#836E17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #836E17

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##836E17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##836E17	1.00	4.99	4.21	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B6C02

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80721D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E645E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6F6F6F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #836e17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 110, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.103 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ab975d',
    500: '#836e17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #836e17;
$custom-light: #ab975d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#836e17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.333,
    "s": 70.13,
    "l": 30.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54308,
    "c": 0.10322,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#836E17

secondary

#3F56B7

accent

#5EED3B

background

#FAF9F5

surface

#F5F2E9

border

#CFCCC5

text

#110D04

muted

#807E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #836E17

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

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