#838a49

Color #838a49

A muted medium yellow.

Closest named color Dark Olive Green #556b2f · ΔE 14.97 Nearest Tailwind class olive-500 #7c7c67 · ΔE 12.3

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Conversions

HEX

#838a49

RGB

rgb(131, 138, 73)

HSL

hsl(66.5, 30.8%, 41.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(66.5, 47.1%, 54.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 47.1%, 45.9%)

LAB

lab(55.57, -12.82, 33.76)

LCH

lch(55.57, 36.11, 110.79)

OKLCH

oklch(61.3%, 0.0886, 114.11)

HWB

hwb(66.5, 28.6%, 45.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#50498a

Analogous

#8a7149

#838a49

#638a49

Triadic

#838a49

#49838a

#8a4983

Split-complementary

#838a49

#49638a

#71498a

Tetradic

#838a49

#498a50

#50498a

#8a4983

Square

#838a49

#498a71

#50498a

#8a4963

Shades

Color #838a49 mixed toward black.

#6d733d

#575c31

#424525

#2c2e18

#16170c

Tints

Color #838a49 mixed toward white.

#a1a95c

#b3ba7d

#c6cb9d

#d9ddbe

#eceede

Tones

Color #838a49 mixed toward gray.

#7f854e

#7b7f54

#767a59

#72745f

#6e6f64

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.69:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.7:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.7:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#86865e · ΔE 6

Deuteranopia

#868562 · ΔE 7.5

Tritanopia

#836b6e · ΔE 31

Achromatopsia

#858585 · ΔE 20.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #838a49;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#838a49]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#838a49 (#838a49) is rgb(131, 138, 73) in RGB.

No, #838a49 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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