#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
RGB	rgb(131, 126, 46)
HSL	hsl(56, 48%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(56, 65%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 64.9%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.77, -8.69, 42.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.77, 43.70, 101.47°)
OKLab	oklab(58.13% -0.0274 0.0974)
OKLCH	oklch(58.13% 0.101 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.3147, 19.9448, 5.5219)
Luminance	0.1994 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##837E2E	1.00	4.21	4.99	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #837E2E

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

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