#836E4E#836E4E

#836E4E is a mid, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.053 H 77.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#836E4E
RGB	rgb(131, 110, 78)
HSL	hsl(36, 25%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(36, 40%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 40.5%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.66, 3.46, 20.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.66, 21.22, 80.61°)
OKLab	oklab(55.01% 0.0112 0.052)
OKLCH	oklch(55.01% 0.053 77.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.3116, 16.5279, 9.5373)
Luminance	0.1653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#836E4E #4E6383

analogous

#83534E #836E4E #7D834E

triadic

#836E4E #4E836E #6E4E83

tetradic

#836E4E #4E8353 #4E6383 #834E7D

square

#836E4E #4E8353 #4E6383 #834E7D

split-complementary

#836E4E #4E7D83 #534E83

monochromatic

#362E20 #5D4E37 #836E4E #A68D69 #BCAA8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#836E4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#836E4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #836E4E

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##836E4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##836E4E	1.00	4.88	4.31	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#776E4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C734F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B6866

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #836e4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 110, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.053 77.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a89780',
    500: '#836e4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #836e4e;
$custom-light: #a89780;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#836e4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.226,
    "s": 25.359,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55011,
    "c": 0.05317,
    "h": 77.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#836E4E

secondary

#8493A9

accent

#8AC266

background

#FAF9F7

surface

#F4F2EE

border

#CECCC9

text

#100D0A

muted

#7F7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #836E4E

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →