#837D2B#837D2B

#837D2B is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.103 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#837D2B
RGB	rgb(131, 125, 43)
HSL	hsl(56, 51%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(56, 67%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 67.2%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.46, -8.34, 43.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.46, 44.63, 100.77°)
OKLab	oklab(57.87% -0.0268 0.0991)
OKLCH	oklch(57.87% 0.103 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.1304, 19.6676, 5.1789)
Luminance	0.1967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#837D2B #2B3183

analogous

#83512B #837D2B #5D832B

triadic

#837D2B #2B837D #7D2B83

tetradic

#837D2B #2B8351 #2B3183 #832B5D

square

#837D2B #2B8351 #2B3183 #832B5D

split-complementary

#837D2B #2B5D83 #512B83

monochromatic

#27250D #55511C #837D2B #B1A93A #CAC35E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#837D2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.93

#837D2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #837D2B

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##837D2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##837D2B	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)

#887920

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7C30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D756C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #837d2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 125, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.103 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aaa269',
    500: '#837d2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #837d2b;
$custom-light: #aaa269;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#837d2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.909,
    "s": 50.575,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57868,
    "c": 0.10263,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#837D2B

secondary

#5A60B0

accent

#57DA4E

background

#FAF9F6

surface

#F4F2EB

border

#CECCC6

text

#100F06

muted

#7F7E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #837D2B

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

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