#838b4a

Color #838b4a

A muted medium yellow.

Closest named color Dark Olive Green #556b2f · ΔE 15.04 Nearest Tailwind class olive-500 #7c7c67 · ΔE 12.5

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Conversions

HEX

#838b4a

RGB

rgb(131, 139, 74)

HSL

hsl(67.4, 30.5%, 41.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(67.4, 46.8%, 54.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.8%, 0%, 46.8%, 45.5%)

LAB

lab(55.87, -13.25, 33.61)

LCH

lch(55.87, 36.13, 111.52)

OKLCH

oklch(61.5%, 0.0888, 114.83)

HWB

hwb(67.4, 29%, 45.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#524a8b

Analogous

#8b734a

#838b4a

#638b4a

Triadic

#838b4a

#4a838b

#8b4a83

Split-complementary

#838b4a

#4a638b

#734a8b

Tetradic

#838b4a

#4a8b52

#524a8b

#8b4a83

Square

#838b4a

#4a8b73

#524a8b

#8b4a63

Shades

Color #838b4a mixed toward black.

#6d743e

#575d31

#424625

#2c2e19

#16170c

Tints

Color #838b4a mixed toward white.

#a0a95e

#b3ba7e

#c6cb9e

#d9ddbe

#eceedf

Tones

Color #838b4a mixed toward gray.

#7f864f

#7b8055

#777b5a

#737560

#6f7065

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.65:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.76:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.76:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#87875f · ΔE 6.1

Deuteranopia

#868563 · ΔE 7.8

Tritanopia

#836c6f · ΔE 31

Achromatopsia

#868686 · ΔE 20.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #838b4a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#838b4a]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#838b4a (#838b4a) is rgb(131, 139, 74) in RGB.

No, #838b4a is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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