#838D55#838D55

#838D55 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.079 H 117.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#838D55
RGB	rgb(131, 141, 85)
HSL	hsl(71, 25%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(71, 40%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 0%, 39.7%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.62, -13.03, 28.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.62, 31.48, 114.44°)
OKLab	oklab(62.14% -0.0358 0.0701)
OKLCH	oklch(62.14% 0.079 117)
XYZ	xyz(20.5247, 24.5311, 12.2463)
Luminance	0.2453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#838D55 #5F558D

analogous

#8D7B55 #838D55 #678D55

triadic

#838D55 #55838D #8D5583

tetradic

#838D55 #558D7B #5F558D #8D5567

square

#838D55 #558D7B #5F558D #8D5567

split-complementary

#838D55 #55678D #7B558D

monochromatic

#3C4127 #60673E #838D55 #A1AB74 #BBC29A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#838D55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.91

#838D55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #838D55

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##838D55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##838D55	1.00	3.56	5.91	5.91
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948851

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938858

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#89877F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #838d55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 141, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.079 117.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a8ae85',
    500: '#838d55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #838d55;
$custom-light: #a8ae85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#838d55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.714,
    "s": 24.779,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62142,
    "c": 0.07873,
    "h": 117
  },
  "luminance": 0.24531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#838D55

secondary

#948EB0

accent

#67C177

background

#FAFAF8

surface

#F4F4EF

border

#CECECA

text

#10100B

muted

#7F7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #838D55

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

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