#837D2F#837D2F

#837D2F is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.099 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#837D2F
RGB	rgb(131, 125, 47)
HSL	hsl(56, 47%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(56, 64%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.6%, 64.1%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.49, -8.07, 42.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.49, 42.83, 100.86°)
OKLab	oklab(57.91% -0.0255 0.0959)
OKLCH	oklch(57.91% 0.099 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.2074, 19.6984, 5.5845)
Luminance	0.1970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#837D2F #2F3583

analogous

#83532F #837D2F #5F832F

triadic

#837D2F #2F837D #7D2F83

tetradic

#837D2F #2F8353 #2F3583 #832F5F

square

#837D2F #2F8353 #2F3583 #832F5F

split-complementary

#837D2F #2F5F83 #532F83

monochromatic

#29270F #56521F #837D2F #B0A83F #C8C165

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#837D2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.94

#837D2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #837D2F

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##837D2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##837D2F	1.00	4.25	4.94	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#887926

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7C33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C756D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #837d2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 125, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.099 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a9a26b',
    500: '#837d2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #837d2f;
$custom-light: #a9a26b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#837d2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.714,
    "s": 47.191,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57907,
    "c": 0.09928,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#837D2F

secondary

#5F65AF

accent

#5BD751

background

#FAF9F6

surface

#F4F2EB

border

#CECCC6

text

#100F07

muted

#7F7E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #837D2F

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

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