#838B44#838B44

#838B44 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.095 H 114.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#838B44
RGB	rgb(131, 139, 68)
HSL	hsl(67, 34%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(67, 51%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.8%, 0%, 51.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.79, -13.88, 36.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.79, 39.17, 110.75°)
OKLab	oklab(61.41% -0.0397 0.0868)
OKLCH	oklch(61.41% 0.095 114.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.6364, 23.7082, 9.0094)
Luminance	0.2371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#838B44 #4C448B

analogous

#8B6F44 #838B44 #5F8B44

triadic

#838B44 #44838B #8B4483

tetradic

#838B44 #448B6F #4C448B #8B445F

square

#838B44 #448B6F #4C448B #8B445F

split-complementary

#838B44 #445F8B #6F448B

monochromatic

#36391C #5C6230 #838B44 #A6B05D #BDC486

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#838B44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#838B44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #838B44

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##838B44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##838B44	1.00	3.66	5.74	5.74
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94853E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938648

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A847B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #838b44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 139, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.095 114.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a8ac7a',
    500: '#838b44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #838b44;
$custom-light: #a8ac7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#838b44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.761,
    "s": 34.3,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61409,
    "c": 0.09544,
    "h": 114.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#838B44

secondary

#827CAF

accent

#5DCA6A

background

#FAFAF7

surface

#F4F4EE

border

#CECEC9

text

#101009

muted

#7F7F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #838B44

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

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