#838155#838155

#838155 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.062 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#838155
RGB	rgb(131, 129, 85)
HSL	hsl(57, 21%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(57, 35%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.5%, 35.1%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.15, -6.47, 24.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.15, 25.02, 104.98°)
OKLab	oklab(59.38% -0.0171 0.0598)
OKLCH	oklch(59.38% 0.062 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.8502, 21.1821, 11.6881)
Luminance	0.2118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#838155 #555783

analogous

#836A55 #838155 #6E8355

triadic

#838155 #558381 #815583

tetradic

#838155 #55836A #555783 #83556E

square

#838155 #55836A #555783 #83556E

split-complementary

#838155 #556E83 #6A5583

monochromatic

#393825 #5E5C3D #838155 #A3A172 #BBBA97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#838155 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#838155 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #838155

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##838155	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##838155	1.00	4.01	5.24	5.24
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#887E52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898057

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#897C76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #838155;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 129, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.062 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a8a585',
    500: '#838155',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #838155;
$custom-light: #a8a585;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#838155",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.391,
    "s": 21.296,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59383,
    "c": 0.06217,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#838155

secondary

#8B8CA9

accent

#6EBE6A

background

#FAFAF8

surface

#F4F4EF

border

#CECECA

text

#0F0F0B

muted

#7F7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #838155

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

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