#838f31

Color #838f31

A moderately saturated dark yellow.

Closest named color Olive Drab #6b8e23 · ΔE 11.22 Nearest Tailwind class lime-600 #5ea500 · ΔE 11.3

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Conversions

HEX

#838f31

RGB

rgb(131, 143, 49)

HSL

hsl(67.7, 49%, 37.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(67.7, 65.7%, 56.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(8.4%, 0%, 65.7%, 43.9%)

LAB

lab(56.77, -17.59, 46.78)

LCH

lch(56.77, 49.98, 110.61)

OKLCH

oklch(62.1%, 0.1183, 116.18)

HWB

hwb(67.7, 19.2%, 43.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#3d318f

Analogous

#8f6c31

#838f31

#548f31

Triadic

#838f31

#31838f

#8f3183

Split-complementary

#838f31

#31548f

#6c318f

Tetradic

#838f31

#318f3d

#3d318f

#8f3183

Square

#838f31

#318f6c

#3d318f

#8f3154

Shades

Color #838f31 mixed toward black.

#6d7729

#575f21

#414718

#2c3010

#161808

Tints

Color #838f31 mixed toward white.

#a7b63e

#bcc961

#ccd688

#dde4b0

#eef1d7

Tones

Color #838f31 mixed toward gray.

#7d8739

#777f41

#717748

#6c7050

#666858

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.54:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.94:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.94:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#888855 · ΔE 8

Deuteranopia

#88875b · ΔE 9.7

Tritanopia

#84676b · ΔE 35.8

Achromatopsia

#888888 · ΔE 23.7

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #838f31;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#838f31]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#838f31 (#838f31) is rgb(131, 143, 49) in RGB.

No, #838f31 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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