#838D5B#838D5B

#838D5B is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.071 H 117.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#838D5B
RGB	rgb(131, 141, 91)
HSL	hsl(72, 22%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(72, 35%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 0%, 35.5%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.71, -12.24, 25.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.71, 28.29, 115.64°)
OKLab	oklab(62.25% -0.0332 0.0631)
OKLCH	oklch(62.25% 0.071 117.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.7733, 24.6305, 13.5553)
Luminance	0.2463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#838D5B #655B8D

analogous

#8D7E5B #838D5B #6A8D5B

triadic

#838D5B #5B838D #8D5B83

tetradic

#838D5B #5B8D7E #655B8D #8D5B6A

square

#838D5B #5B8D7E #655B8D #8D5B6A

split-complementary

#838D5B #5B6A8D #7E5B8D

monochromatic

#3E432B #606843 #838D5B #A1AA7B #BBC2A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#838D5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.93

#838D5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #838D5B

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##838D5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##838D5B	1.00	3.54	5.93	5.93
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938857

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92885D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#888880

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #838d5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 141, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.071 117.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7ae8a',
    500: '#838d5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #838d5b;
$custom-light: #a7ae8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#838d5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72,
    "s": 21.552,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62252,
    "c": 0.07129,
    "h": 117.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#838D5B

secondary

#9994B0

accent

#6ABE7B

background

#FAFAF8

surface

#F4F4F0

border

#CECECB

text

#0F100B

muted

#7F7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #838D5B

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

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