#838E2E#838E2E

#838E2E is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.119 H 115.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#838E2E
RGB	rgb(131, 142, 46)
HSL	hsl(67, 51%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(67, 68%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.7%, 0%, 67.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.46, -17.28, 47.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.46, 50.76, 109.90°)
OKLab	oklab(61.87% -0.0516 0.1078)
OKLCH	oklch(61.87% 0.119 115.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.5267, 24.3688, 6.2592)
Luminance	0.2437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#838E2E #392E8E

analogous

#8E692E #838E2E #538E2E

triadic

#838E2E #2E838E #8E2E83

tetradic

#838E2E #2E8E69 #392E8E #8E2E53

square

#838E2E #2E8E69 #392E8E #8E2E53

split-complementary

#838E2E #2E538E #692E8E

monochromatic

#2E3210 #58601F #838E2E #AEBC3D #C2CE68

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#838E2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#838E2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #838E2E

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##838E2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##838E2E	1.00	3.58	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988721

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978835

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B867B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #838e2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 142, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.119 115.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aaaf6c',
    500: '#838e2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #838e2e;
$custom-light: #aaaf6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#838e2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.875,
    "s": 51.064,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61867,
    "c": 0.11948,
    "h": 115.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#838E2E

secondary

#6C63B5

accent

#4DDB5D

background

#FAFAF6

surface

#F4F4EC

border

#CECEC7

text

#101007

muted

#7F7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #838E2E

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

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