#837217#837217

#837217 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.106 H 97.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#837217
RGB	rgb(131, 114, 23)
HSL	hsl(51, 70%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(51, 82%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 82.4%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.16, -3.20, 48.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.16, 48.63, 93.77°)
OKLab	oklab(55.21% -0.0144 0.1051)
OKLCH	oklch(55.21% 0.106 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.5329, 16.9226, 3.2587)
Luminance	0.1692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#837217 #172883

analogous

#833C17 #837217 #5E8317

triadic

#837217 #178372 #721783

tetradic

#837217 #17833C #172883 #83175E

square

#837217 #17833C #172883 #83175E

split-complementary

#837217 #175E83 #3C1783

monochromatic

#1B1705 #4F450E #837217 #B79F20 #DCC238

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#837217 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#837217 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #837217

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##837217	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##837217	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)

#83751E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E6961

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #837217;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 114, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.106 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ab9a5d',
    500: '#837217',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #837217;
$custom-light: #ab9a5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#837217",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.556,
    "s": 70.13,
    "l": 30.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55206,
    "c": 0.10607,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#837217

secondary

#3F52B7

accent

#57ED3B

background

#FAF9F5

surface

#F5F2E9

border

#CFCCC5

text

#110E05

muted

#807E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #837217

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

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