#838B2A#838B2A

#838B2A is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.119 H 114.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#838B2A
RGB	rgb(131, 139, 42)
HSL	hsl(65, 54%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(65, 70%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.8%, 0%, 69.8%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.54, -15.96, 48.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.54, 51.02, 108.23°)
OKLab	oklab(61.12% -0.0483 0.1086)
OKLCH	oklch(61.12% 0.119 114)
XYZ	xyz(19.0111, 23.4581, 5.7164)
Luminance	0.2346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#838B2A #322A8B

analogous

#8B622A #838B2A #538B2A

triadic

#838B2A #2A838B #8B2A83

tetradic

#838B2A #2A8B62 #322A8B #8B2A53

square

#838B2A #2A8B62 #322A8B #8B2A53

split-complementary

#838B2A #2A538B #622A8B

monochromatic

#2A2D0E #575C1C #838B2A #AFBA38 #C6CF60

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#838B2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#838B2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #838B2A

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##838B2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##838B2A	1.00	3.69	5.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95841B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958631

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C8378

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #838b2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 139, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.119 114.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aaac6a',
    500: '#838b2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #838b2a;
$custom-light: #aaac6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#838b2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.948,
    "s": 53.591,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61125,
    "c": 0.11889,
    "h": 114
  },
  "luminance": 0.23458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#838B2A

secondary

#635CB5

accent

#4BDD57

background

#FAFAF6

surface

#F4F4EB

border

#CECEC6

text

#101007

muted

#7F7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #838B2A

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

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