#836E1D#836E1D

#836E1D is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.100 H 93.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#836E1D
RGB	rgb(131, 110, 29)
HSL	hsl(48, 64%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(48, 78%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 77.9%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.06, -0.67, 45.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.06, 45.35, 90.84°)
OKLab	oklab(54.35% -0.0066 0.0996)
OKLCH	oklch(54.35% 0.1 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.1586, 16.0667, 3.4649)
Luminance	0.1607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#836E1D #1D3283

analogous

#833B1D #836E1D #65831D

triadic

#836E1D #1D836E #6E1D83

tetradic

#836E1D #1D833B #1D3283 #831D65

square

#836E1D #1D833B #1D3283 #831D65

split-complementary

#836E1D #1D6583 #3B1D83

monochromatic

#1F1A07 #514412 #836E1D #B59828 #D6B845

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#836E1D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.21

#836E1D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #836E1D

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##836E1D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##836E1D	1.00	4.98	4.21	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A6C0E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807222

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E655E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #836e1d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 110, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.100 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ab9760',
    500: '#836e1d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #836e1d;
$custom-light: #ab9760;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#836e1d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.647,
    "s": 63.75,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54347,
    "c": 0.0998,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#836E1D

secondary

#465DB6

accent

#63E741

background

#FAF9F5

surface

#F5F2EA

border

#CFCCC6

text

#110D05

muted

#807E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #836E1D

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

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