#836E1A#836E1A

#836E1A is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.102 H 94.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#836E1A
RGB	rgb(131, 110, 26)
HSL	hsl(48, 67%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(48, 80%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 80.2%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.04, -0.80, 46.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.04, 46.48, 90.99°)
OKLab	oklab(54.33% -0.0073 0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(54.33% 0.102 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.1233, 16.0526, 3.2790)
Luminance	0.1605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#836E1A #1A2F83

analogous

#83391A #836E1A #63831A

triadic

#836E1A #1A836E #6E1A83

tetradic

#836E1A #1A8339 #1A2F83 #831A63

square

#836E1A #1A8339 #1A2F83 #831A63

split-complementary

#836E1A #1A6383 #391A83

monochromatic

#1D1806 #504310 #836E1A #B69924 #D9BA3F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.99

#836E1A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.21

#836E1A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #836E1A

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##836E1A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##836E1A	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)

#7B6C08

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80721F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E655E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #836e1a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 110, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.102 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ab975e',
    500: '#836e1a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #836e1a;
$custom-light: #ab975e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#836e1a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 66.879,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54326,
    "c": 0.10158,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#836E1A

secondary

#4259B7

accent

#60EA3E

background

#FAF9F5

surface

#F5F2E9

border

#CFCCC5

text

#110D05

muted

#807E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #836E1A

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

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