#837216#837216

#837216 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.107 H 97.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#837216
RGB	rgb(131, 114, 22)
HSL	hsl(51, 71%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(51, 83%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 83.2%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.16, -3.23, 48.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.16, 48.96, 93.79°)
OKLab	oklab(55.2% -0.0146 0.1056)
OKLCH	oklch(55.2% 0.107 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.5230, 16.9187, 3.2069)
Luminance	0.1692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#837216 #162783

analogous

#833B16 #837216 #5E8316

triadic

#837216 #168372 #721683

tetradic

#837216 #16833B #162783 #83165E

square

#837216 #16833B #162783 #83165E

split-complementary

#837216 #165E83 #3B1683

monochromatic

#1A1704 #4F440D #837216 #B7A01F #DDC336

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#837216 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#837216 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #837216

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##837216	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##837216	1.00	4.79	4.38	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E6F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83751D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E6961

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #837216;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 114, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.107 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ab9a5d',
    500: '#837216',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #837216;
$custom-light: #ab9a5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#837216",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.642,
    "s": 71.242,
    "l": 30
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55201,
    "c": 0.10658,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#837216

secondary

#3D50B7

accent

#56EE3A

background

#FAF9F5

surface

#F5F2E9

border

#CFCCC5

text

#110E05

muted

#807E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #837216

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

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