#838B41#838B41

#838B41 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.099 H 114.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#838B41
RGB	rgb(131, 139, 65)
HSL	hsl(66, 36%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(66, 53%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.8%, 0%, 53.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.76, -14.17, 38.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.76, 40.66, 110.39°)
OKLab	oklab(61.37% -0.0408 0.0898)
OKLCH	oklch(61.37% 0.099 114.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.5472, 23.6725, 8.5395)
Luminance	0.2367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#838B41 #49418B

analogous

#8B6E41 #838B41 #5E8B41

triadic

#838B41 #41838B #8B4183

tetradic

#838B41 #418B6E #49418B #8B415E

square

#838B41 #418B6E #49418B #8B415E

split-complementary

#838B41 #415E8B #6E418B

monochromatic

#34381A #5C612D #838B41 #A7B158 #BDC582

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#838B41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#838B41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #838B41

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##838B41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##838B41	1.00	3.66	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94853A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938645

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A847A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #838b41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 139, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.099 114.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a9ac78',
    500: '#838b41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #838b41;
$custom-light: #a9ac78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#838b41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.486,
    "s": 36.275,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61369,
    "c": 0.09859,
    "h": 114.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#838B41

secondary

#7F79AF

accent

#5CCC68

background

#FAFAF7

surface

#F4F4ED

border

#CECEC8

text

#101009

muted

#7F7F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #838B41

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

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