#836F2B#836F2B

#836F2B is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.090 H 92.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#836F2B
RGB	rgb(131, 111, 43)
HSL	hsl(46, 51%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(46, 67%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 67.2%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.46, -0.45, 39.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.46, 39.60, 90.66°)
OKLab	oklab(54.69% -0.0043 0.0901)
OKLCH	oklch(54.69% 0.09 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.4813, 16.3694, 4.6292)
Luminance	0.1637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#836F2B #2B3F83

analogous

#83432B #836F2B #6B832B

triadic

#836F2B #2B836F #6F2B83

tetradic

#836F2B #2B8343 #2B3F83 #832B6B

square

#836F2B #2B8343 #2B3F83 #832B6B

split-complementary

#836F2B #2B6B83 #432B83

monochromatic

#27210D #55481C #836F2B #B1963A #CAB25E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#836F2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.27

#836F2B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #836F2B

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##836F2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##836F2B	1.00	4.91	4.27	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B6D23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80732E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E6661

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #836f2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 111, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.090 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aa9868',
    500: '#836f2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #836f2b;
$custom-light: #aa9868;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#836f2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.364,
    "s": 50.575,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54693,
    "c": 0.09019,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#836F2B

secondary

#5A6DB0

accent

#6EDA4E

background

#FAF9F6

surface

#F4F2EB

border

#CECCC6

text

#100D06

muted

#7F7E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #836F2B

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

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