#837B4B#837B4B

#837B4B is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.068 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#837B4B
RGBrgb(131, 123, 75)
HSLhsl(51, 27%, 40%)
HSVhsv(51, 43%, 51%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 6.1%, 42.7%, 48.6%)
CIE-LABlab(51.27, -4.34, 27.32)
CIE-LCHlch(51.27, 27.66, 99.03°)
OKLaboklab(57.84% -0.0117 0.0666)
OKLCHoklch(57.84% 0.068 100)
XYZxyz(17.7134, 19.4997, 9.4860)
Luminance0.1950 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#837B4B #4B5383
analogous
#835F4B #837B4B #6F834B
triadic
#837B4B #4B837B #7B4B83
tetradic
#837B4B #4B835F #4B5383 #834B6F
square
#837B4B #4B835F #4B5383 #834B6F
split-complementary
#837B4B #4B6F83 #5F4B83
monochromatic
#35321E #5C5635 #837B4B #A79D65 #BDB68C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29
#837B4B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.90
#837B4B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #837B4B
4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##837B4B#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##837B4B1.004.294.904.90
#FFFFFF4.291.0021.0021.00
#0000004.9021.001.001.00
##0000004.9021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#837847
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#867C4D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#8B756F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #837b4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 123, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.068 100.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a8a17e',
    500: '#837b4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #837b4b;
$custom-light: #a8a17e;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#837b4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 27.184,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57838,
    "c": 0.06758,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.19499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#837B4B
secondary
#8186A9
accent
#72C464
background
#FAF9F7
surface
#F4F2EE
border
#CECCC9
text
#100E0A
muted
#7F7E7C

Preview Lab

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#837B4B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva