#838523#838523

#838523 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.117 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#838523
RGB	rgb(131, 133, 35)
HSL	hsl(61, 58%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(61, 74%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 0%, 73.7%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.73, -13.16, 49.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.73, 51.14, 104.91°)
OKLab	oklab(59.66% -0.0412 0.1094)
OKLCH	oklch(59.66% 0.117 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.0516, 21.7222, 4.8317)
Luminance	0.2172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#838523 #252385

analogous

#855623 #838523 #528523

triadic

#838523 #238385 #852383

tetradic

#838523 #238556 #252385 #852352

square

#838523 #238556 #252385 #852352

split-complementary

#838523 #235285 #562385

monochromatic

#242409 #535516 #838523 #B3B530 #CFD151

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#838523 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#838523 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #838523

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##838523	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##838523	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)

#907F11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91822B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C7C72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #838523;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 133, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.117 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aaa865',
    500: '#838523',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #838523;
$custom-light: #aaa865;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#838523",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.224,
    "s": 58.333,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59661,
    "c": 0.11691,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#838523

secondary

#514FB5

accent

#46E249

background

#FAFAF6

surface

#F4F4EB

border

#CECEC6

text

#100F06

muted

#7F7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #838523

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

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