#836F2E#836F2E

#836F2E is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.088 H 92.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#836F2E
RGB	rgb(131, 111, 46)
HSL	hsl(46, 48%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(46, 65%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 64.9%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.48, -0.25, 38.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.48, 38.17, 90.37°)
OKLab	oklab(54.73% -0.0033 0.0875)
OKLCH	oklch(54.73% 0.088 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.5384, 16.3923, 4.9298)
Luminance	0.1639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#836F2E #2E4283

analogous

#83442E #836F2E #6D832E

triadic

#836F2E #2E836F #6F2E83

tetradic

#836F2E #2E8344 #2E4283 #832E6D

square

#836F2E #2E8344 #2E4283 #832E6D

split-complementary

#836F2E #2E6D83 #442E83

monochromatic

#28220E #56491E #836F2E #B0953E #C8B063

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#836F2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#836F2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #836F2E

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##836F2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##836F2E	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)

#7A6D27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F7331

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D6661

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #836f2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 111, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.088 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aa986a',
    500: '#836f2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #836f2e;
$custom-light: #aa986a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#836f2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.882,
    "s": 48.023,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54726,
    "c": 0.08759,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#836F2E

secondary

#5E71AF

accent

#70D850

background

#FAF9F6

surface

#F4F2EB

border

#CECCC6

text

#100D06

muted

#7F7E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #836F2E

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

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