#838D46#838D46

#838D46 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.096 H 115.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#838D46
RGB	rgb(131, 141, 70)
HSL	hsl(68, 34%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(68, 50%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 0%, 50.4%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.40, -14.74, 36.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.40, 39.21, 112.08°)
OKLab	oklab(61.91% -0.0419 0.0863)
OKLCH	oklch(61.91% 0.096 115.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.9907, 24.3175, 9.4338)
Luminance	0.2432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#838D46 #50468D

analogous

#8D7446 #838D46 #608D46

triadic

#838D46 #46838D #8D4683

tetradic

#838D46 #468D74 #50468D #8D4660

square

#838D46 #468D74 #50468D #8D4660

split-complementary

#838D46 #46608D #74468D

monochromatic

#373B1D #5D6432 #838D46 #A5B060 #BCC489

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#838D46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#838D46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #838D46

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##838D46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##838D46	1.00	3.58	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958740

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95884A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8A867D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #838d46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 141, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.096 115.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a8ae7b',
    500: '#838d46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #838d46;
$custom-light: #a8ae7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#838d46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.451,
    "s": 33.649,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61905,
    "c": 0.09597,
    "h": 115.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#838D46

secondary

#867FB0

accent

#5ECA6D

background

#FAFAF7

surface

#F4F4EE

border

#CECEC9

text

#101009

muted

#7F7F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #838D46

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

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