#837F2E#837F2E

#837F2E is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.102 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#837F2E
RGB	rgb(131, 127, 46)
HSL	hsl(57, 48%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(57, 65%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.1%, 64.9%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.06, -9.24, 43.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.06, 44.11, 102.09°)
OKLab	oklab(58.36% -0.029 0.0981)
OKLCH	oklch(58.36% 0.102 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.4432, 20.2019, 5.5647)
Luminance	0.2020 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#837F2E #2E3283

analogous

#83542E #837F2E #5D832E

triadic

#837F2E #2E837F #7F2E83

tetradic

#837F2E #2E8354 #2E3283 #832E5D

square

#837F2E #2E8354 #2E3283 #832E5D

split-complementary

#837F2E #2E5D83 #542E83

monochromatic

#28270E #56531E #837F2E #B0AB3E #C8C463

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#837F2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.04

#837F2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #837F2E

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##837F2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##837F2E	1.00	4.17	5.04	5.04
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A7A24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7E33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C776E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #837f2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 127, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.102 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aaa36b',
    500: '#837f2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #837f2e;
$custom-light: #aaa36b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#837f2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 127,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.176,
    "s": 48.023,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58358,
    "c": 0.10225,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#837F2E

secondary

#5E62AF

accent

#57D850

background

#FAFAF6

surface

#F4F3EB

border

#CECDC6

text

#100F07

muted

#7F7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #837F2E

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

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