#837E2E#837E2E

#837E2E is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.101 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#837E2E
RGBrgb(131, 126, 46)
HSLhsl(56, 48%, 35%)
HSVhsv(56, 65%, 51%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 3.8%, 64.9%, 48.6%)
CIE-LABlab(51.77, -8.69, 42.82)
CIE-LCHlch(51.77, 43.70, 101.47°)
OKLaboklab(58.13% -0.0274 0.0974)
OKLCHoklch(58.13% 0.101 105.7)
XYZxyz(17.3147, 19.9448, 5.5219)
Luminance0.1994 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#837E2E #2E3383
analogous
#83542E #837E2E #5D832E
triadic
#837E2E #2E837E #7E2E83
tetradic
#837E2E #2E8354 #2E3383 #832E5D
square
#837E2E #2E8354 #2E3383 #832E5D
split-complementary
#837E2E #2E5D83 #542E83
monochromatic
#28270E #56521E #837E2E #B0AA3E #C8C263

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.21
#837E2E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.99
#837E2E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #837E2E
4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##837E2E#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##837E2E1.004.214.994.99
#FFFFFF4.211.0021.0021.00
#0000004.9921.001.001.00
##0000004.9921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#897924
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8B7D33
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#8C766D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #837e2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 126, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.101 105.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aaa36b',
    500: '#837e2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #837e2e;
$custom-light: #aaa36b;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#837e2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.471,
    "s": 48.023,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58127,
    "c": 0.10119,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#837E2E
secondary
#5E63AF
accent
#58D850
background
#FAFAF6
surface
#F4F3EB
border
#CECDC6
text
#100F07
muted
#7F7F7A

Preview Lab

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#837E2E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva