#836F12#836F12

#836F12 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.106 H 95.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#836F12
RGB	rgb(131, 111, 18)
HSL	hsl(49, 76%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(49, 86%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 86.3%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.29, -1.66, 49.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.29, 49.36, 91.93°)
OKLab	oklab(54.51% -0.0105 0.1057)
OKLCH	oklch(54.51% 0.106 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.1546, 16.2387, 2.9083)
Luminance	0.1624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#836F12 #122683

analogous

#833712 #836F12 #5F8312

triadic

#836F12 #12836F #6F1283

tetradic

#836F12 #128337 #122683 #83125F

square

#836F12 #128337 #122683 #83125F

split-complementary

#836F12 #125F83 #371283

monochromatic

#1B1704 #4D410B #836F12 #B99D19 #E2C22D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#836F12 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#836F12 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #836F12

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##836F12	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##836F12	1.00	4.94	4.25	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C6D00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#817319

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E655E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #836f12;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 111, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.106 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ab975b',
    500: '#836f12',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #836f12;
$custom-light: #ab975b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#836f12",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.381,
    "s": 75.839,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54505,
    "c": 0.10626,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#836F12

secondary

#384FB8

accent

#57F235

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2E9

border

#D0CCC5

text

#110D04

muted

#807E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #836F12

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

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