#838524#838524

#838524 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.116 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#838524
RGB	rgb(131, 133, 36)
HSL	hsl(61, 57%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(61, 73%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.5%, 0%, 72.9%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.74, -13.11, 49.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.74, 50.77, 104.96°)
OKLab	oklab(59.67% -0.041 0.1088)
OKLCH	oklch(59.67% 0.116 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.0666, 21.7282, 4.9110)
Luminance	0.2173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#838524 #262485

analogous

#855624 #838524 #528524

triadic

#838524 #248385 #852483

tetradic

#838524 #248556 #262485 #852452

square

#838524 #248556 #262485 #852452

split-complementary

#838524 #245285 #562485

monochromatic

#24250A #545517 #838524 #B2B531 #CED053

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#838524 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#838524 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #838524

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##838524	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##838524	1.00	3.93	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#907F13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91822B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C7C72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #838524;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 133, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.116 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aaa866',
    500: '#838524',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #838524;
$custom-light: #aaa866;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#838524",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.237,
    "s": 57.396,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59668,
    "c": 0.11626,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#838524

secondary

#5250B4

accent

#47E14A

background

#FAFAF6

surface

#F4F4EB

border

#CECEC6

text

#100F06

muted

#7F7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #838524

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

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