#838D4E#838D4E

#838D4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.087 H 116.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#838D4E
RGB	rgb(131, 141, 78)
HSL	hsl(70, 29%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(70, 45%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 0%, 44.7%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.51, -13.87, 32.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.51, 35.14, 113.25°)
OKLab	oklab(62.03% -0.0387 0.078)
OKLCH	oklch(62.03% 0.087 116.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.2603, 24.4253, 10.8535)
Luminance	0.2442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#838D4E #584E8D

analogous

#8D774E #838D4E #638D4E

triadic

#838D4E #4E838D #8D4E83

tetradic

#838D4E #4E8D77 #584E8D #8D4E63

square

#838D4E #4E8D77 #584E8D #8D4E63

split-complementary

#838D4E #4E638D #774E8D

monochromatic

#3A3E22 #5E6638 #838D4E #A3AD6B #BBC392

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#838D4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#838D4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #838D4E

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##838D4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##838D4E	1.00	3.57	5.89	5.89
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958749

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948851

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#89877E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #838d4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 141, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.087 116.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a8ae81',
    500: '#838d4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #838d4e;
$custom-light: #a8ae81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#838d4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.524,
    "s": 28.767,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62025,
    "c": 0.08704,
    "h": 116.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#838D4E

secondary

#8E87AF

accent

#63C572

background

#FAFAF7

surface

#F4F4EE

border

#CECEC9

text

#10100A

muted

#7F7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #838D4E

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

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