#836E2E#836E2E

#836E2E is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.087 H 91.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#836E2E
RGB	rgb(131, 110, 46)
HSL	hsl(45, 48%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(45, 65%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 64.9%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.20, 0.33, 37.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.20, 37.87, 89.50°)
OKLab	oklab(54.5% -0.0016 0.0869)
OKLCH	oklch(54.5% 0.087 91.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.4299, 16.1753, 4.8936)
Luminance	0.1617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#836E2E #2E4383

analogous

#83432E #836E2E #6E832E

triadic

#836E2E #2E836E #6E2E83

tetradic

#836E2E #2E8343 #2E4383 #832E6E

square

#836E2E #2E8343 #2E4383 #832E6E

split-complementary

#836E2E #2E6E83 #432E83

monochromatic

#28220E #56481E #836E2E #B0943E #C8AF63

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96

#836E2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#836E2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #836E2E

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##836E2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##836E2E	1.00	4.96	4.23	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A6C27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7231

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D6560

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #836e2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 110, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.087 91.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aa9769',
    500: '#836e2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #836e2e;
$custom-light: #aa9769;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#836e2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.176,
    "s": 48.023,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54504,
    "c": 0.08688,
    "h": 91.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#836E2E

secondary

#5E72AF

accent

#72D850

background

#FAF9F6

surface

#F4F2EB

border

#CECCC6

text

#100D06

muted

#7F7E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #836E2E

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

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