#838136#838136

#838136 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.097 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#838136
RGB	rgb(131, 129, 54)
HSL	hsl(58, 42%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(58, 59%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 58.8%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.72, -9.74, 40.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.72, 41.24, 103.66°)
OKLab	oklab(58.91% -0.0295 0.0927)
OKLCH	oklch(58.91% 0.097 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.8767, 20.7927, 6.5610)
Luminance	0.2079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#838136 #363883

analogous

#835B36 #838136 #5F8336

triadic

#838136 #368381 #813683

tetradic

#838136 #36835B #363883 #83365F

square

#838136 #36835B #363883 #83365F

split-complementary

#838136 #365F83 #5B3683

monochromatic

#2C2C12 #585624 #838136 #AEAC48 #C4C270

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#838136 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#838136 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #838136

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##838136	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##838136	1.00	4.07	5.16	5.16
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B7C2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7F3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C7971

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #838136;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 129, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.097 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a9a570',
    500: '#838136',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #838136;
$custom-light: #a9a570;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#838136",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.442,
    "s": 41.622,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58906,
    "c": 0.09728,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#838136

secondary

#686AAC

accent

#5AD156

background

#FAFAF6

surface

#F4F4EC

border

#CECEC7

text

#100F08

muted

#7F7F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #838136

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

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