#838b34

Color #838b34

A moderately saturated dark yellow.

Closest named color Olive #808000 · ΔE 13.21 Nearest Tailwind class lime-700 #497d00 · ΔE 12.4

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Conversions

HEX

#838b34

RGB

rgb(131, 139, 52)

HSL

hsl(65.5, 45.5%, 37.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(65.5, 62.6%, 54.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.8%, 0%, 62.6%, 45.5%)

LAB

lab(55.62, -15.28, 44.22)

LCH

lch(55.62, 46.79, 109.06)

OKLCH

oklch(61.2%, 0.111, 114.09)

HWB

hwb(65.5, 20.4%, 45.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#3c348b

Analogous

#8b6834

#838b34

#588b34

Triadic

#838b34

#34838b

#8b3483

Split-complementary

#838b34

#34588b

#68348b

Tetradic

#838b34

#348b3c

#3c348b

#8b3483

Square

#838b34

#348b68

#3c348b

#8b3458

Shades

Color #838b34 mixed toward black.

#6d742b

#575d23

#42461a

#2c2e11

#161709

Tints

Color #838b34 mixed toward white.

#a8b243

#bcc564

#cdd48b

#dee2b2

#eef1d8

Tones

Color #838b34 mixed toward gray.

#7d843b

#777d43

#71754a

#6b6e51

#666758

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.68:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.71:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.71:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#878754 · ΔE 6.8

Deuteranopia

#86855a · ΔE 8.8

Tritanopia

#836569 · ΔE 34.9

Achromatopsia

#858585 · ΔE 23

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Code

CSS

background-color: #838b34;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#838b34]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#838b34 (#838b34) is rgb(131, 139, 52) in RGB.

No, #838b34 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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