#838c4b

Color #838c4b

A muted medium yellow.

Closest named color Dark Olive Green #556b2f · ΔE 15.15 Nearest Tailwind class olive-500 #7c7c67 · ΔE 12.6

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Conversions

HEX

#838c4b

RGB

rgb(131, 140, 75)

HSL

hsl(68.3, 30.2%, 42.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(68.3, 46.4%, 54.9%)

CMYK

cmyk(6.4%, 0%, 46.4%, 45.1%)

LAB

lab(56.18, -13.67, 33.46)

LCH

lch(56.18, 36.14, 112.22)

OKLCH

oklch(61.7%, 0.0891, 115.53)

HWB

hwb(68.3, 29.4%, 45.1%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#544b8c

Analogous

#8c754b

#838c4b

#638c4b

Triadic

#838c4b

#4b838c

#8c4b83

Split-complementary

#838c4b

#4b638c

#754b8c

Tetradic

#838c4b

#4b8c54

#544b8c

#8c4b83

Square

#838c4b

#4b8c75

#544b8c

#8c4b63

Shades

Color #838c4b mixed toward black.

#6d753f

#575d32

#424626

#2c2f19

#16170d

Tints

Color #838c4b mixed toward white.

#9fa95f

#b2ba7f

#c5cc9f

#d9ddbf

#eceedf

Tones

Color #838c4b mixed toward gray.

#7f8751

#7b8156

#777c5b

#737661

#707166

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.61:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.82:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.82:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#878760 · ΔE 6.5

Deuteranopia

#868664 · ΔE 7.8

Tritanopia

#836d70 · ΔE 30.9

Achromatopsia

#878787 · ΔE 20.5

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Code

CSS

background-color: #838c4b;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#838c4b]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#838c4b (#838c4b) is rgb(131, 140, 75) in RGB.

No, #838c4b 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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