#838434#838434

#838434 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.103 H 109.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#838434
RGB	rgb(131, 132, 52)
HSL	hsl(61, 43%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(61, 61%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.8%, 0%, 60.6%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.57, -11.53, 41.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.57, 43.54, 105.36°)
OKLab	oklab(59.58% -0.0348 0.0965)
OKLCH	oklch(59.58% 0.103 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.2317, 21.5762, 6.4524)
Luminance	0.2158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#838434 #353484

analogous

#845D34 #838434 #5B8434

triadic

#838434 #348384 #843483

tetradic

#838434 #34845D #353484 #84345B

square

#838434 #34845D #353484 #84345B

split-complementary

#838434 #345B84 #5D3484

monochromatic

#2C2C11 #575823 #838434 #AFB045 #C4C56D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#838434 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#838434 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #838434

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##838434	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##838434	1.00	3.95	5.32	5.32
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E7F2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8139

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C7C73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #838434;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 132, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.103 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a9a76f',
    500: '#838434',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #838434;
$custom-light: #a9a76f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#838434",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.75,
    "s": 43.478,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59579,
    "c": 0.10258,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#838434

secondary

#6766AE

accent

#55D356

background

#FAFAF6

surface

#F4F4EC

border

#CECEC7

text

#100F07

muted

#7F7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #838434

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

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