#836F4E#836F4E

#836F4E is a mid, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.054 H 79.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#836F4E
RGB	rgb(131, 111, 78)
HSL	hsl(37, 25%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(37, 40%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 40.5%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.94, 2.88, 21.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.94, 21.50, 82.30°)
OKLab	oklab(55.23% 0.0095 0.0528)
OKLCH	oklch(55.23% 0.054 79.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.4201, 16.7449, 9.5734)
Luminance	0.1674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#836F4E #4E6283

analogous

#83544E #836F4E #7C834E

triadic

#836F4E #4E836F #6F4E83

tetradic

#836F4E #4E8354 #4E6283 #834E7C

square

#836F4E #4E8354 #4E6283 #834E7C

split-complementary

#836F4E #4E7C83 #544E83

monochromatic

#362E20 #5D4E37 #836F4E #A68F69 #BCAB8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#836F4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#836F4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #836F4E

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##836F4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##836F4E	1.00	4.83	4.35	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#786F4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C744F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B6966

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #836f4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 111, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.054 79.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a89880',
    500: '#836f4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #836f4e;
$custom-light: #a89880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#836f4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.358,
    "s": 25.359,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55229,
    "c": 0.05368,
    "h": 79.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#836F4E

secondary

#8492A9

accent

#89C266

background

#FAF9F7

surface

#F4F2EE

border

#CECCC9

text

#100D0A

muted

#7F7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #836F4E

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

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