#838457#838457

#838457 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.064 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#838457
RGB	rgb(131, 132, 87)
HSL	hsl(61, 21%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(61, 34%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.8%, 0%, 34.1%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.04, -7.87, 24.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.04, 25.47, 108.00°)
OKLab	oklab(60.11% -0.0209 0.06)
OKLCH	oklch(60.11% 0.064 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.3318, 22.0163, 12.2462)
Luminance	0.2202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#838457 #585784

analogous

#846E57 #838457 #6C8457

triadic

#838457 #578384 #845783

tetradic

#838457 #57846E #585784 #84576C

square

#838457 #57846E #585784 #84576C

split-complementary

#838457 #576C84 #6E5784

monochromatic

#3A3A26 #5E5F3F #838457 #A3A474 #BBBC99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#838457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#838457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #838457

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##838457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##838457	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B8054

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8259

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#897F79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #838457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 132, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.064 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a8a787',
    500: '#838457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #838457;
$custom-light: #a8a787;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#838457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.333,
    "s": 20.548,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60106,
    "c": 0.06353,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#838457

secondary

#8E8DAA

accent

#6BBD6D

background

#FAFAF8

surface

#F4F4EF

border

#CECECA

text

#0F0F0B

muted

#7F7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #838457

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

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