#836E20#836E20

#836E20 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.098 H 93.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#836E20
RGB	rgb(131, 110, 32)
HSL	hsl(47, 61%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(47, 76%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 75.6%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.08, -0.52, 44.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.08, 44.16, 90.68°)
OKLab	oklab(54.37% -0.0059 0.0977)
OKLCH	oklch(54.37% 0.098 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.1975, 16.0823, 3.6699)
Luminance	0.1608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#836E20 #203583

analogous

#833D20 #836E20 #678320

triadic

#836E20 #20836E #6E2083

tetradic

#836E20 #20833D #203583 #832067

square

#836E20 #20833D #203583 #832067

split-complementary

#836E20 #206783 #3D2083

monochromatic

#211B08 #524514 #836E20 #B4972C #D3B64A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#836E20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#836E20 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #836E20

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##836E20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##836E20	1.00	4.98	4.22	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A6C14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#807224

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E655F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #836e20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 110, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.098 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aa9761',
    500: '#836e20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #836e20;
$custom-light: #aa9761;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#836e20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.273,
    "s": 60.736,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54369,
    "c": 0.09786,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#836E20

secondary

#4960B6

accent

#66E444

background

#FAF9F5

surface

#F4F2EA

border

#CECCC6

text

#100D05

muted

#7F7E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #836E20

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

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