#836E1C#836E1C

#836E1C is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.100 H 93.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#836E1C
RGB	rgb(131, 110, 28)
HSL	hsl(48, 65%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(48, 79%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 78.6%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.06, -0.71, 45.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.06, 45.74, 90.89°)
OKLab	oklab(54.34% -0.0069 0.1002)
OKLCH	oklch(54.34% 0.1 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.1464, 16.0619, 3.4008)
Luminance	0.1606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#836E1C #1C3183

analogous

#833A1C #836E1C #64831C

triadic

#836E1C #1C836E #6E1C83

tetradic

#836E1C #1C833A #1C3183 #831C64

square

#836E1C #1C833A #1C3183 #831C64

split-complementary

#836E1C #1C6483 #3A1C83

monochromatic

#1E1906 #514411 #836E1C #B59827 #D7B943

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.99

#836E1C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.21

#836E1C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #836E1C

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##836E1C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##836E1C	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)

#7A6C0C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807221

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E655E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #836e1c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 110, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.100 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ab975f',
    500: '#836e1c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #836e1c;
$custom-light: #ab975f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#836e1c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.767,
    "s": 64.78,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5434,
    "c": 0.10041,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#836E1C

secondary

#455CB6

accent

#62E840

background

#FAF9F5

surface

#F5F2EA

border

#CFCCC6

text

#110D05

muted

#807E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #836E1C

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

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