#837D2A#837D2A

#837D2A is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.103 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#837D2A
RGB	rgb(131, 125, 42)
HSL	hsl(56, 51%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(56, 68%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 67.9%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.45, -8.40, 44.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.45, 45.07, 100.75°)
OKLab	oklab(57.86% -0.0271 0.0998)
OKLCH	oklch(57.86% 0.103 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.1123, 19.6603, 5.0835)
Luminance	0.1966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#837D2A #2A3083

analogous

#83512A #837D2A #5D832A

triadic

#837D2A #2A837D #7D2A83

tetradic

#837D2A #2A8351 #2A3083 #832A5D

square

#837D2A #2A8351 #2A3083 #832A5D

split-complementary

#837D2A #2A5D83 #512A83

monochromatic

#26250C #55511B #837D2A #B1A939 #CBC35D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#837D2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.93

#837D2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #837D2A

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##837D2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##837D2A	1.00	4.26	4.93	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88791F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7C2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D756C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #837d2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 125, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.103 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aaa268',
    500: '#837d2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #837d2a;
$custom-light: #aaa268;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#837d2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.955,
    "s": 51.445,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57858,
    "c": 0.10343,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#837D2A

secondary

#585EB1

accent

#56DB4D

background

#FAF9F6

surface

#F4F2EB

border

#CECCC6

text

#100F06

muted

#7F7E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #837D2A

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

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