#836F2C#836F2C

#836F2C is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.089 H 92.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#836F2C
RGB	rgb(131, 111, 44)
HSL	hsl(46, 50%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(46, 66%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 66.4%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.47, -0.39, 39.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.47, 39.13, 90.57°)
OKLab	oklab(54.7% -0.0039 0.0893)
OKLCH	oklch(54.7% 0.089 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.4999, 16.3769, 4.7270)
Luminance	0.1638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#836F2C #2C4083

analogous

#83442C #836F2C #6C832C

triadic

#836F2C #2C836F #6F2C83

tetradic

#836F2C #2C8344 #2C4083 #832C6C

square

#836F2C #2C8344 #2C4083 #832C6C

split-complementary

#836F2C #2C6C83 #442C83

monochromatic

#27210D #55481D #836F2C #B1963B #CAB160

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#836F2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#836F2C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #836F2C

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##836F2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##836F2C	1.00	4.91	4.28	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B6D24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80732F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D6661

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #836f2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 111, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.089 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aa9868',
    500: '#836f2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #836f2c;
$custom-light: #aa9868;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#836f2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.207,
    "s": 49.714,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54704,
    "c": 0.08934,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#836F2C

secondary

#5B6FB0

accent

#6ED94F

background

#FAF9F6

surface

#F4F2EB

border

#CECCC6

text

#100D06

muted

#7F7E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #836F2C

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

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