#838451#838451

#838451 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.071 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#838451
RGB	rgb(131, 132, 81)
HSL	hsl(61, 24%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(61, 39%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.8%, 0%, 38.6%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.94, -8.64, 27.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.94, 28.75, 107.48°)
OKLab	oklab(59.99% -0.0235 0.0671)
OKLCH	oklch(59.99% 0.071 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.0968, 21.9222, 11.0084)
Luminance	0.2192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#838451 #525184

analogous

#846C51 #838451 #6A8451

triadic

#838451 #518384 #845183

tetradic

#838451 #51846C #525184 #84516A

square

#838451 #51846C #525184 #84516A

split-complementary

#838451 #516A84 #6C5184

monochromatic

#383822 #5D5E3A #838451 #A4A56D #BCBD93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#838451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#838451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #838451

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##838451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##838451	1.00	3.90	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C804D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8253

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A7E77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #838451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 132, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.071 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a8a782',
    500: '#838451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #838451;
$custom-light: #a8a782;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#838451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.176,
    "s": 23.944,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59994,
    "c": 0.07113,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#838451

secondary

#8887AA

accent

#67C069

background

#FAFAF8

surface

#F4F4EF

border

#CECECA

text

#100F0A

muted

#7F7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #838451

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

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