#836E5B#836E5B

#836E5B is a mid, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.039 H 64.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#836E5B
RGB	rgb(131, 110, 91)
HSL	hsl(29, 18%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(29, 31%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 30.5%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.92, 5.21, 13.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.92, 14.65, 69.14°)
OKLab	oklab(55.3% 0.017 0.0349)
OKLCH	oklch(55.3% 0.039 64)
XYZ	xyz(16.8246, 16.7331, 12.2391)
Luminance	0.1673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#836E5B #5B7083

analogous

#835B5C #836E5B #83825B

triadic

#836E5B #5B836E #6E5B83

tetradic

#836E5B #5C835B #5B7083 #825B83

square

#836E5B #5C835B #5B7083 #825B83

split-complementary

#836E5B #5B8382 #5B5C83

monochromatic

#3B3129 #5F5042 #836E5B #A28D79 #BBAB9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#836E5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#836E5B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #836E5B

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##836E5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##836E5B	1.00	4.83	4.35	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756F5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A745B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A6A69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #836e5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 110, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.039 64.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a79789',
    500: '#836e5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #836e5b;
$custom-light: #a79789;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#836e5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.5,
    "s": 18.018,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55302,
    "c": 0.03883,
    "h": 64
  },
  "luminance": 0.16732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#836E5B

secondary

#919EA9

accent

#96BB6D

background

#FAF9F8

surface

#F4F2F0

border

#CECCCB

text

#0F0D0B

muted

#7F7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #836E5B

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

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