#838E5B#838E5B

#838E5B is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.073 H 118.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#838E5B
RGB	rgb(131, 142, 91)
HSL	hsl(73, 22%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(73, 36%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.7%, 0%, 35.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.00, -12.78, 25.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.00, 28.87, 116.28°)
OKLab	oklab(62.48% -0.0347 0.064)
OKLCH	oklch(62.48% 0.073 118.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.9214, 24.9267, 13.6047)
Luminance	0.2493 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#838E5B #665B8E

analogous

#8E7F5B #838E5B #698E5B

triadic

#838E5B #5B838E #8E5B83

tetradic

#838E5B #5B8E7F #665B8E #8E5B69

square

#838E5B #5B8E7F #665B8E #8E5B69

split-complementary

#838E5B #5B698E #7F5B8E

monochromatic

#3E432B #616943 #838E5B #A1AB7B #BBC3A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#838E5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.99

#838E5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #838E5B

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##838E5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##838E5B	1.00	3.51	5.99	5.99
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948957

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93895D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#888981

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #838e5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 142, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.073 118.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a8af8a',
    500: '#838e5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #838e5b;
$custom-light: #a8af8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#838e5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.941,
    "s": 21.888,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62484,
    "c": 0.07279,
    "h": 118.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#838E5B

secondary

#9A94B1

accent

#69BE7C

background

#FAFAF8

surface

#F4F4F0

border

#CECECB

text

#0F100B

muted

#7F7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #838E5B

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

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