#836F5E#836F5E

#836F5E is a mid, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.036 H 62.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#836F5E
RGB	rgb(131, 111, 94)
HSL	hsl(28, 16%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(28, 28%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 28.2%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.26, 5.07, 12.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.26, 13.39, 67.73°)
OKLab	oklab(55.59% 0.0166 0.0318)
OKLCH	oklch(55.59% 0.036 62.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.0651, 17.0029, 12.9705)
Luminance	0.1700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#836F5E #5E7283

analogous

#835E60 #836F5E #83825E

triadic

#836F5E #5E836F #6F5E83

tetradic

#836F5E #60835E #5E7283 #825E83

square

#836F5E #60835E #5E7283 #825E83

split-complementary

#836F5E #5E8382 #5E6083

monochromatic

#3C332B #5F5144 #836F5E #A28E7D #BBADA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.77

#836F5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.40

#836F5E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #836F5E

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##836F5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##836F5E	1.00	4.77	4.40	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#75705D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A745E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A6B6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #836f5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 111, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.036 62.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7988b',
    500: '#836f5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #836f5e;
$custom-light: #a7988b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#836f5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.568,
    "s": 16.444,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55592,
    "c": 0.03584,
    "h": 62.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#836F5E

secondary

#939FAA

accent

#97B96F

background

#FAF9F8

surface

#F4F2F0

border

#CECCCB

text

#0F0D0C

muted

#7F7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #836F5E

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

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