#838D57#838D57

#838D57 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.076 H 117.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#838D57
RGB	rgb(131, 141, 87)
HSL	hsl(71, 24%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(71, 38%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 0%, 38.3%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.65, -12.77, 27.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.65, 30.42, 114.82°)
OKLab	oklab(62.18% -0.0349 0.0678)
OKLCH	oklch(62.18% 0.076 117.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.6053, 24.5633, 12.6707)
Luminance	0.2456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#838D57 #61578D

analogous

#8D7C57 #838D57 #688D57

triadic

#838D57 #57838D #8D5783

tetradic

#838D57 #578D7C #61578D #8D5768

square

#838D57 #578D7C #61578D #8D5768

split-complementary

#838D57 #57688D #7C578D

monochromatic

#3D4128 #606740 #838D57 #A1AB76 #BBC29C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#838D57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.91

#838D57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #838D57

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##838D57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##838D57	1.00	3.55	5.91	5.91
#FFFFFF	3.55	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)

#948853

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93885A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#888780

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #838d57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 141, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.076 117.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a8ae87',
    500: '#838d57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #838d57;
$custom-light: #a8ae87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#838d57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.111,
    "s": 23.684,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62178,
    "c": 0.07629,
    "h": 117.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#838D57

secondary

#9690B0

accent

#68C078

background

#FAFAF8

surface

#F4F4EF

border

#CECECA

text

#10100B

muted

#7F7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #838D57

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

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