#838355#838355

#838355 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.065 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#838355
RGB	rgb(131, 131, 85)
HSL	hsl(60, 21%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(60, 35%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 35.1%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.72, -7.58, 24.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.72, 26.05, 106.92°)
OKLab	oklab(59.84% -0.0202 0.0615)
OKLCH	oklch(59.84% 0.065 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.1162, 21.7141, 11.7768)
Luminance	0.2171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#838355 #555583

analogous

#836C55 #838355 #6C8355

triadic

#838355 #558383 #835583

tetradic

#838355 #55836C #555583 #83556C

square

#838355 #55836C #555583 #83556C

split-complementary

#838355 #556C83 #6C5583

monochromatic

#393925 #5E5E3D #838355 #A3A372 #BBBB97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#838355 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#838355 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #838355

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##838355	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##838355	1.00	3.93	5.34	5.34
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A7F52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8157

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#897E77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #838355;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 131, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.065 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a8a785',
    500: '#838355',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #838355;
$custom-light: #a8a785;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#838355",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 21.296,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59839,
    "c": 0.06477,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#838355

secondary

#8B8BA9

accent

#6ABE6A

background

#FAFAF8

surface

#F4F4EF

border

#CECECA

text

#0F0F0B

muted

#7F7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #838355

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

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