#838056#838056

#838056 is a mid, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.060 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#838056
RGB	rgb(131, 128, 86)
HSL	hsl(56, 21%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(56, 34%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.3%, 34.4%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.88, -5.78, 23.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.88, 23.96, 103.96°)
OKLab	oklab(59.18% -0.015 0.0577)
OKLCH	oklch(59.18% 0.06 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.7591, 20.9359, 11.8551)
Luminance	0.2094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#838056 #565983

analogous

#836956 #838056 #6F8356

triadic

#838056 #568380 #805683

tetradic

#838056 #568369 #565983 #83566F

square

#838056 #568369 #565983 #83566F

split-complementary

#838056 #566F83 #695683

monochromatic

#393825 #5E5C3E #838056 #A3A073 #BBB998

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#838056 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.19

#838056 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #838056

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##838056	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##838056	1.00	4.05	5.19	5.19
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#877D53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887F58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#897B75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #838056;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 128, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.060 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a8a486',
    500: '#838056',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #838056;
$custom-light: #a8a486;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#838056",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56,
    "s": 20.737,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59176,
    "c": 0.0596,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#838056

secondary

#8C8EA9

accent

#70BD6A

background

#FAFAF8

surface

#F4F4EF

border

#CECECA

text

#0F0F0B

muted

#7F7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #838056

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

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