#838D2D#838D2D

#838D2D is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.119 H 115.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#838D2D
RGB	rgb(131, 141, 45)
HSL	hsl(66, 52%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(66, 68%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 0%, 68.1%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.15, -16.82, 47.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.15, 50.71, 109.37°)
OKLab	oklab(61.62% -0.0504 0.1078)
OKLCH	oklch(61.62% 0.119 115.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.3591, 24.0648, 6.1073)
Luminance	0.2407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#838D2D #372D8D

analogous

#8D672D #838D2D #538D2D

triadic

#838D2D #2D838D #8D2D83

tetradic

#838D2D #2D8D67 #372D8D #8D2D53

square

#838D2D #2D8D67 #372D8D #8D2D53

split-complementary

#838D2D #2D538D #672D8D

monochromatic

#2D300F #585F1E #838D2D #AEBB3C #C3CE66

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#838D2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#838D2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #838D2D

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##838D2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##838D2D	1.00	3.61	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97861F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968734

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B857A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #838d2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 141, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.119 115.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aaae6c',
    500: '#838d2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #838d2d;
$custom-light: #aaae6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#838d2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.25,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61622,
    "c": 0.11903,
    "h": 115.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#838D2D

secondary

#6A61B5

accent

#4DDB5C

background

#FAFAF6

surface

#F4F4EC

border

#CECEC7

text

#101007

muted

#7F7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #838D2D

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

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