#836F17#836F17

#836F17 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.104 H 95.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#836F17
RGB	rgb(131, 111, 23)
HSL	hsl(49, 70%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(49, 82%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 82.4%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.31, -1.49, 47.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.31, 47.80, 91.79°)
OKLab	oklab(54.53% -0.0096 0.1035)
OKLCH	oklch(54.53% 0.104 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.2000, 16.2569, 3.1477)
Luminance	0.1626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#836F17 #172B83

analogous

#833917 #836F17 #618317

triadic

#836F17 #17836F #6F1783

tetradic

#836F17 #178339 #172B83 #831761

square

#836F17 #178339 #172B83 #831761

split-complementary

#836F17 #176183 #391783

monochromatic

#1B1705 #4F430E #836F17 #B79B20 #DCBE38

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#836F17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#836F17 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #836F17

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##836F17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##836F17	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)

#7C6D02

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81731D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E655F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #836f17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 111, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.104 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ab985d',
    500: '#836f17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #836f17;
$custom-light: #ab985d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#836f17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.889,
    "s": 70.13,
    "l": 30.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54532,
    "c": 0.10389,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#836F17

secondary

#3F55B7

accent

#5CED3B

background

#FAF9F5

surface

#F5F2E9

border

#CFCCC5

text

#110D04

muted

#807E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #836F17

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

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