#838520#838520

#838520 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.119 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#838520
RGB	rgb(131, 133, 32)
HSL	hsl(61, 61%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(61, 76%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 0%, 75.9%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.71, -13.31, 50.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.71, 52.23, 104.76°)
OKLab	oklab(59.64% -0.0419 0.1111)
OKLCH	oklch(59.64% 0.119 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.0089, 21.7051, 4.6071)
Luminance	0.2170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#838520 #222085

analogous

#855420 #838520 #518520

triadic

#838520 #208385 #852083

tetradic

#838520 #208554 #222085 #852051

square

#838520 #208554 #222085 #852051

split-complementary

#838520 #205185 #542085

monochromatic

#222208 #525414 #838520 #B4B62C #D1D44C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#838520 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#838520 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #838520

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##838520	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##838520	1.00	3.93	5.34	5.34
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#907F0A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918228

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D7C72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #838520;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 133, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.119 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aaa864',
    500: '#838520',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #838520;
$custom-light: #aaa864;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#838520",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.188,
    "s": 61.212,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59641,
    "c": 0.11877,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#838520

secondary

#4C4AB7

accent

#43E447

background

#FAFAF6

surface

#F4F4EB

border

#CECEC6

text

#100F06

muted

#7F7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #838520

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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