#838f38

Color #838f38

A moderately saturated dark yellow.

Closest named color Olive Drab #6b8e23 · ΔE 12.85 Nearest Tailwind class lime-600 #5ea500 · ΔE 11.5

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Conversions

HEX

#838f38

RGB

rgb(131, 143, 56)

HSL

hsl(68.3, 43.7%, 39%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(68.3, 60.8%, 56.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(8.4%, 0%, 60.8%, 43.9%)

LAB

lab(56.84, -17.07, 43.7)

LCH

lch(56.84, 46.92, 111.34)

OKLCH

oklch(62.2%, 0.1124, 116.36)

HWB

hwb(68.3, 22%, 43.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#44388f

Analogous

#8f6f38

#838f38

#578f38

Triadic

#838f38

#38838f

#8f3883

Split-complementary

#838f38

#38578f

#6f388f

Tetradic

#838f38

#388f44

#44388f

#8f3883

Square

#838f38

#388f6f

#44388f

#8f3857

Shades

Color #838f38 mixed toward black.

#6d772f

#575f25

#41471c

#2c3013

#161809

Tints

Color #838f38 mixed toward white.

#a5b447

#b8c56a

#cad38f

#dce2b4

#edf0da

Tones

Color #838f38 mixed toward gray.

#7e883f

#788046

#73794e

#6e7255

#696b5c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.53:1

Aa Black text on this color

5.95:1

Black text reads better on this background (5.95:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#888858 · ΔE 7.8

Deuteranopia

#88875d · ΔE 9.3

Tritanopia

#84696c · ΔE 34.3

Achromatopsia

#888888 · ΔE 23.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #838f38;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#838f38]

Related colors

Ivory #fffff0

Beige #f5f5dc

Light Goldenrod Yellow #fafad2

Light Yellow #ffffe0

Olive #808000

Yellow #ffff00

Frequently asked questions

#838f38 (#838f38) is rgb(131, 143, 56) in RGB.

No, #838f38 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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