#836F16#836F16

#836F16 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.104 H 95.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#836F16
RGB	rgb(131, 111, 22)
HSL	hsl(49, 71%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(49, 83%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 83.2%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.30, -1.53, 48.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.30, 48.13, 91.82°)
OKLab	oklab(54.53% -0.0098 0.104)
OKLCH	oklch(54.53% 0.104 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.1902, 16.2530, 3.0959)
Luminance	0.1625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#836F16 #162A83

analogous

#833916 #836F16 #608316

triadic

#836F16 #16836F #6F1683

tetradic

#836F16 #168339 #162A83 #831660

square

#836F16 #168339 #162A83 #831660

split-complementary

#836F16 #166083 #391683

monochromatic

#1A1604 #4F430D #836F16 #B79B1F #DDBF36

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#836F16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#836F16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #836F16

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##836F16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##836F16	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)

#81731C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E655F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #836f16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 111, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.104 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ab985c',
    500: '#836f16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #836f16;
$custom-light: #ab985c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#836f16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.991,
    "s": 71.242,
    "l": 30
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54526,
    "c": 0.10441,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#836F16

secondary

#3D54B7

accent

#5BEE3A

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2E9

border

#D0CCC5

text

#110D04

muted

#807E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #836F16

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

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