#838E2F#838E2F

#838E2F 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 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#838E2F
RGB	rgb(131, 142, 47)
HSL	hsl(67, 50%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(67, 67%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.7%, 0%, 66.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.46, -17.21, 47.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.46, 50.35, 109.99°)
OKLab	oklab(61.88% -0.0513 0.1071)
OKLCH	oklch(61.88% 0.119 115.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.5466, 24.3768, 6.3643)
Luminance	0.2438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#838E2F #3A2F8E

analogous

#8E6A2F #838E2F #548E2F

triadic

#838E2F #2F838E #8E2F83

tetradic

#838E2F #2F8E6A #3A2F8E #8E2F54

square

#838E2F #2F8E6A #3A2F8E #8E2F54

split-complementary

#838E2F #2F548E #6A2F8E

monochromatic

#2E3211 #596020 #838E2F #ADBC3E #C2CE6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#838E2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#838E2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #838E2F

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##838E2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##838E2F	1.00	3.57	5.88	5.88
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988722

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978836

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B867B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #838e2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 142, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.119 115.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aaaf6d',
    500: '#838e2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #838e2f;
$custom-light: #aaaf6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#838e2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.947,
    "s": 50.265,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61876,
    "c": 0.11871,
    "h": 115.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#838E2F

secondary

#6D64B5

accent

#4EDA5E

background

#FAFAF6

surface

#F4F4EC

border

#CECEC7

text

#101007

muted

#7F7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #838E2F

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

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