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#93862e

a dark, vivid yellow · warm · closest name: Olive

Token name suggestion: Forest Honey

RGB
147, 134, 46
HSL
52°, 52%, 38%
CMYK
0, 9, 69, 42
Luminance
0.2345

#93862e is a dark vivid yellow, 52° on the wheel and 19/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (5.69:1). As text it scores 3.69:1 on white — large text only. Nearest name is Olive, nearest Tailwind family is yellow.

hsl(52 52% 38%)rgb(147 134 46)Base step 700AA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #93862e is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#93862e
Hue
52°
yellow
Saturation
52%
vivid
Lightness
38%
dark
Brightness
58%
HSV value
Perceived
51%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.2345
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
19/100 cool
Color family
Yellow
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
Black
5.69:1
Closest name
Olive
ΔE2000 5.8
Chroma
47.6
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.615
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
yellow
500 · ΔE 20.3
Web-safe
#999933
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue52° of 360°
Saturation52%
Lightness38%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #93862e.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool19% cool

Reads warm. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red26%
Green73%
Blue1%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#93862e
HEX (8-digit)#93862eff
RGBrgb(147, 134, 46)
RGBArgba(147, 134, 46, 1)
HSLhsl(52, 52%, 38%)
HSV / HSBhsv(52, 69%, 58%)
HWBhwb(52 18% 42%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 9%, 69%, 42%)
LABlab(55.5 -5.8 47.2)
LCHlch(55.5 47.6 97.0)
OKLCHoklch(0.615 0.108 100.8)
XYZ (D65)xyz(21.05, 23.45, 6.00)
Decimal9668142
Display P3color(display-p3 0.576 0.525 0.180)
Web-safe#999933

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #93862e;
background-color: #93862e;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #93862e;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#93862e] bg-[#93862e]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #93862e;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.576, green: 0.525, blue: 0.180)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.576, green: 0.525, blue: 0.180, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#93862E</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF93862E)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF93862E)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(46, 134, 147)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(147, 134, 46)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(147, 134, 46)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 147, 134, 46)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.5765f, 0.5255f, 0.1804f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{147,134,46}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #93862e 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #93862e 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#61591E, #EEEBD3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #93862e h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #FAFAF4;
  --brand-100: #F6F4E9;
  --brand-200: #EDE9CF;
  --brand-300: #E4DDAA;
  --brand-400: #D7CC7F;
  --brand-500: #C9BA54;
  --brand-600: #BAAA3A;
  --brand-700: #93862e;
  --brand-800: #7C7127;
  --brand-900: #5B5320;
  --brand-950: #393414;
  --brand: #93862e;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAFAF4;
  --brand-border: #ECE6C1;
  --brand-hover: #786D25;
  --brand-pressed: #5C541D;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #242214;
    --brand-ink: #EEEBD3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FAFAF4',
        100: '#F6F4E9',
        200: '#EDE9CF',
        300: '#E4DDAA',
        400: '#D7CC7F',
        500: '#C9BA54',
        600: '#BAAA3A',
        700: '#93862e',
        800: '#7C7127',
        900: '#5B5320',
        950: '#393414',
        DEFAULT: '#93862e',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FAFAF4,
  '100': #F6F4E9,
  '200': #EDE9CF,
  '300': #E4DDAA,
  '400': #D7CC7F,
  '500': #C9BA54,
  '600': #BAAA3A,
  '700': #93862e,
  '800': #7C7127,
  '900': #5B5320,
  '950': #393414,
);
$brand-base: #93862e;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FAFAF4", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F6F4E9", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#EDE9CF", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#E4DDAA", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#D7CC7F", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#C9BA54", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#BAAA3A", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#93862e", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#7C7127", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#5B5320", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#393414", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #93862e · 5.69:1
Use #000000AA at every size, AAA for large text only.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 3.69:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 5.69:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail
Reading the other direction: #93862e as text scores 3.69:1 on white and 5.69:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #61591E at 1.92:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#7F7428 · 4.74:1
AA on white−5% L
#7F7428
The quick fox
#60581E · 7.21:1
AAA on white−13% L
#60581E
The quick fox
#93862e · 5.69:1
AA on blackalready passes
#93862e
The quick fox
#A69834 · 7.16:1
AAA on black+5% L
#A69834

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #93862E is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#93862e on white: 3.69:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#93862e on black: 5.69:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #93862e as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #93862e.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White3.69:1AaAa
Slate 503.53:1AaAa
Slate 1003.37:1AaAa
Slate 2002.99:1AaAa
Slate 3002.49:1AaAa
Slate 4001.44:1AaAa
Slate 5001.29:1AaAa
Slate 6002.05:1AaAa
Slate 7002.81:1AaAa
Slate 8003.96:1AaAa
Slate 9004.84:1AaAa
Black5.69:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #938222
deuteranopia · #968733
tritanopia · #9E7C74

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #93862e is pinned to step 700; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#FAFAF4
#F6F4E9
#EDE9CF
#E4DDAA
#D7CC7F
#C9BA54
#BAAA3A
#93862e
#7C7127
#5B5320
#393414
Base = 700Lightest = 50 · #FAFAF4Darkest = 950 · #393414Text step on white = 800
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.027 100.8);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.043 100.8);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.065 100.8);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.084 100.8);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.099 100.8);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.108 100.8);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.108 100.8);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.102 100.8);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.091 100.8);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.076 100.8);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.059 100.8);
}

Colors that work with #93862e

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#FAFAF4
Tinted page background
Border#ECE6C1
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#9B914B
Captions on the surface
Accent#2A5397
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#61591E
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F9F7EC
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#242214
Dark-mode background
Hover#786D25
One step down in lightness
Pressed#5C541D
Two steps down
Disabled#AFA982
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#AD9C28
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
Your export is ready

The file stays available for seven days. Download it before it expires.

NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #93862e

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Headings from 24px up on white
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Headers, footers and dark-mode surfaces
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Small text on white — under 4.5:1
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • Black text placed on it
  • Thin strokes and 1px borders — they disappear on light UI
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
24px / 18.66px bold
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #61591E
Safe as a 1px border on white
Yes

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

optimisticalertcheap-and-cheerfulvisible

The most visible hue at low light levels, which is why it owns warnings, hazard tape and value retail.

This is a confident chroma: strong enough to lead a brand, restrained enough to live in an interface all day. The low lightness adds weight and formality.

Worth knowing

Almost never passes contrast against white. Treat it as a surface or a marker, not as text.

Reads as
  • FormalityHigh
  • EnergyMedium-high
  • Weight62/100
  • TemperatureWarm
  • ApproachabilityHigh

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#2E3B93
Analogous left#93532E
Analogous right#6D932E
Split-complement 1#2E6D93
Split-complement 2#532E93
Triadic 1#2E9386
Triadic 2#862E93
Tetradic#2E9353
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°52°

#93862e sits at 52°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red57.6%
Green52.5%
Blue18.0%
R · 0–255
147
0x93
G · 0–255
134
0x86
B · 0–255
46
0x2e

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta8.8%
Yellow68.7%
Key (black)42.4%

Total ink coverage is 120%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#93862e text on a black background

contrast 5.69:1

Card sample

#93862e text on a white background

contrast 3.69:1

Card sample

#93862e on grey

3.37:1

#93862e on its own surface

3.52:1

#93862e on its dark surface

4.33:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #93862e;
Background color
Panel with #93862e background
background-color: #93862e;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #93862e;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(147, 134, 46, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(147, 134, 46, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #93862e;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #93862e, #5D932E);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #93862e, #43932E);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #93862e;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #93862e;
caret-color: #93862e;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #93862e;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F9F7EC;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #93862e;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#93862e 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #93862e over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(147, 134, 46, 0.5)
rgb(147 134 46 / 50%)
#93862e80
hsl(52 52% 38% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #93862e 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#93862e1a#F4F3EA
20%#93862e33#E9E7D5
40%#93862e66#D4CFAB
60%#93862e99#BEB682
80%#93862ecc#A99E58

Gradients from #93862e

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #C1B03D, #93862e 45%, #61591E);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #93862e, #477C27);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #93862e, #2E3B93);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #C9BA53 0%, #93862e 45%, #61591E 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #FAFAF4, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #BA5F3A 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #75AA35 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #61591E 0%, transparent 65%), #93862e;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #93862e

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#93862e in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
RetailLeisureEnergyWarning systems
Common UI roles
ButtonsLinksFocus statesCharts
Print note

Converts to four-color process without much drama. Proof it anyway.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 5.69:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#93862e, answered

What color is #93862e?

#93862e is a dark vivid yellow, closest to Olive (ΔE2000 5.8). It sits at 52° on the hue wheel with 52% saturation and 38% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #93862e?

rgb(147, 134, 46) — 147 red, 134 green and 46 blue out of 255, or 57.6% / 52.5% / 18% by channel.

What is #93862e in HSL and HSV?

hsl(52, 52%, 38%) and hsv(52, 69%, 58%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #93862e a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.2345 and perceived brightness is 51%, so black text on it reaches 5.69:1.

Should I use black or white text on #93862e?

Black. It scores 5.69:1 against #93862e, versus 3.69:1 for white — AA at any size.

Is #93862e accessible on a white background?

#93862e on white scores 3.69:1, which only clears AA for large text — 18.66px bold or 24px regular and up. Darken it to #7F7428 to reach 4.5:1, or #60581E for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #93862e?

#2E3B93 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #2E6D93 and #532E93, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #93862e?

For interface work: #FAFAF4 as the surface, #ECE6C1 for borders, #9B914B for secondary text, #2A5397 as an accent and #61591E for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #93532E and #6D932E stays calm, while #2E3B93 is the loudest partner.

What is #93862e in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 9%, 69%, 42%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #93862e warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 19 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #93662E; nudged cooler, #7C952C.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #93862e?

The yellow family — its 500 step is #eab308, ΔE2000 20.3 away. That is a visible difference, so define #93862e as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #93862e in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#93862e] or text-[#93862e], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #93862e with 50% opacity?

rgba(147, 134, 46, 0.5), or #93862e80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #C9C397; over black, #4A4317.

Is #93862e a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #999933, ΔE2000 6.9 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #93862e mean?

As a yellow, it reads optimistic, alert, cheap-and-cheerful. The most visible hue at low light levels, which is why it owns warnings, hazard tape and value retail. At this chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #93862e?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #C1B03D, #93862e 45%, #61591E). For more colour, a short hue run to #477C27 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #93862e in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #93862e at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.