#838b4d

Color #838b4d

A muted medium yellow.

Closest named color Dark Olive Green #556b2f · ΔE 14.98 Nearest Tailwind class olive-500 #7c7c67 · ΔE 12

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Conversions

HEX

#838b4d

RGB

rgb(131, 139, 77)

HSL

hsl(67.7, 28.7%, 42.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(67.7, 44.6%, 54.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(5.8%, 0%, 44.6%, 45.5%)

LAB

lab(55.91, -12.91, 32.07)

LCH

lch(55.91, 34.57, 111.93)

OKLCH

oklch(61.5%, 0.0854, 115)

HWB

hwb(67.7, 30.2%, 45.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#554d8b

Analogous

#8b744d

#838b4d

#648b4d

Triadic

#838b4d

#4d838b

#8b4d83

Split-complementary

#838b4d

#4d648b

#744d8b

Tetradic

#838b4d

#4d8b55

#554d8b

#8b4d83

Square

#838b4d

#4d8b74

#554d8b

#8b4d64

Shades

Color #838b4d mixed toward black.

#6d7440

#575d33

#424627

#2c2e1a

#16170d

Tints

Color #838b4d mixed toward white.

#9fa861

#b2b981

#c5cba0

#d8dcc0

#eceedf

Tones

Color #838b4d mixed toward gray.

#7f8652

#7b8157

#787c5d

#747662

#707167

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.64:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.77:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.77:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#878761 · ΔE 6.1

Deuteranopia

#868565 · ΔE 7.9

Tritanopia

#836d70 · ΔE 30.5

Achromatopsia

#868686 · ΔE 20.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #838b4d;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#838b4d]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#838b4d (#838b4d) is rgb(131, 139, 77) in RGB.

No, #838b4d is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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