HEX atlas value

#846F15

#846F15 is a warm yellow HEX color close to Olive. According to Colors Encyclopedia, it converts to RGB 132, 111, 21, HSL 49, 73%, 30%, has luminance 0.1633, and belongs to the balanced group.

yellow warm balanced

#846F15 Sample readable text

HEX #846F15

RGB rgb(132, 111, 21)

HSL hsl(49 73% 30%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 16, 84, 48)

Luminance 0.1633

Contrast Black 4.27:1White 4.92:1

CSS

--color-846f15: #846F15;
.background-846f15 { background-color: #846F15; }
.text-846f15 { color: #846F15; }

Luminance0.1633

Black text4.27:1AA Fail

White text4.92:1AA Pass

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#846F15","rgb":[132,111,21],"hsl":[49,73,30],"cmyk":[0,16,84,48],"luminance":0.1633,"contrast":{"black":4.27,"white":4.92}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"AAA":[]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":4.27,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":4.92,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#352D08","hex":"#352D08","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.53,"contrastWhite":13.73,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#152984","hex":"#152984","family":"blue","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.68,"contrastWhite":12.49,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#D4B321","hex":"#D4B321","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":10.27,"contrastWhite":2.04,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#843815","hex":"#843815","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":2.56,"contrastWhite":8.21,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"Cedar","hex":"#8B5A2B","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":3.6,"contrastWhite":5.84,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":[]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm yellow","balanced","balanced yellow","Olive adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","highlight and warning systems"],"contrastSafeWith":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/846f15.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/olive.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/cedar.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/fern-frond.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#152984","analogous":["#843815","#618415"],"triadic":["#158470","#701584"],"tetradic":["#158438","#152984","#841561"],"splitComplementary":["#156184","#381584"],"monochromatic":["#D4B321","#846F15","#352D08"]}

Variants

{"light":"#D4B321","dark":"#352D08","saturated":"#957B04","desaturated":"#746525","pastel":"#CFB64A","neon":"#C29E00"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"olive","name":"Olive","hex":"#808000","distance":27.313000567495326},{"slug":"cedar","name":"Cedar","hex":"#8B5A2B","distance":31.20897306865447},{"slug":"fern-frond","name":"Fern Frond","hex":"#657220","distance":33.03028912982749},{"slug":"olive-drab","name":"Olive Drab","hex":"#6B8E23","distance":42.21374183841087},{"slug":"olive-leaf","name":"Olive Leaf","hex":"#6B8E23","distance":42.21374183841087}]

HEX meaning and use

About #846F15

#846F15 is classified as a warm yellow value with balanced visual character. #846F15 is visually closest to Olive, a named yellow color with HEX #808000.

The RGB channels are 132, 111, and 21, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 49deg with 73% saturation and 30% lightness, so this page treats it as a high-saturation, dark atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

According to Colors Encyclopedia, this HEX value works best for color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and highlight and warning systems. Its luminance is 0.1633, white text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 27.31, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text4.27:1AA Fail

White text4.92:1AA Pass

AA text options: #FFFFFF, #F5F5F5.

AAA text options: none in seed set.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #846F15 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#0000004.27:1 · Fail

White text#FFFFFF4.92:1 · AA

Accessible Alternatives

#352D08#FFFFFF text · best 13.73:1#352D08

#152984#FFFFFF text · best 12.49:1#152984

#D4B321#000000 text · best 10.27:1#D4B321

#843815#FFFFFF text · best 8.21:1#843815

Cedar#FFFFFF text · best 5.84:1#8B5A2B

Generated Palette

#846F15#846F15

#152984#152984

#843815#843815

#618415#618415

#D4B321#D4B321

#352D08#352D08

Color Harmonies

#152984#152984

#843815#843815

#618415#618415

#158470#158470

#701584#701584

Variants

#D4B321#D4B321

#352D08#352D08

#957B04#957B04

#746525#746525

#CFB64A#CFB64A

#C29E00#C29E00

Nearest Named Colors

Olive#808000

Cedar#8B5A2B

Fern Frond#657220

Olive Drab#6B8E23

Olive Leaf#6B8E23

#846F15

CSS

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

About #846F15

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

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