#838B59#838B59

#838B59 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.071 H 115.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#838B59
RGB	rgb(131, 139, 89)
HSL	hsl(70, 22%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(70, 36%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.8%, 0%, 36%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.10, -11.43, 25.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.10, 28.22, 113.89°)
OKLab	oklab(61.75% -0.031 0.0637)
OKLCH	oklch(61.75% 0.071 115.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.3959, 24.0120, 13.0096)
Luminance	0.2401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#838B59 #61598B

analogous

#8B7A59 #838B59 #6A8B59

triadic

#838B59 #59838B #8B5983

tetradic

#838B59 #598B7A #61598B #8B596A

square

#838B59 #598B7A #61598B #8B596A

split-complementary

#838B59 #596A8B #7A598B

monochromatic

#3D4029 #606641 #838B59 #A1A978 #BBC19E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#838B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#838B59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #838B59

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##838B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##838B59	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#928655

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91875B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#88867E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #838b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 139, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.071 115.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a8ac88',
    500: '#838b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #838b59;
$custom-light: #a8ac88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#838b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.6,
    "s": 21.93,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61752,
    "c": 0.07086,
    "h": 115.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#838B59

secondary

#9691AE

accent

#69BE77

background

#FAFAF8

surface

#F4F4F0

border

#CECECB

text

#0F100B

muted

#7F7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #838B59

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

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