#838617#838617

#838617 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.125 H 111.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#838617
RGB	rgb(131, 134, 23)
HSL	hsl(62, 71%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(62, 83%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 0%, 82.8%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.96, -14.21, 53.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.96, 55.47, 104.84°)
OKLab	oklab(59.83% -0.0452 0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(59.83% 0.125 111.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.0405, 21.9378, 4.0946)
Luminance	0.2194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#838617 #1A1786

analogous

#865117 #838617 #4B8617

triadic

#838617 #178386 #861783

tetradic

#838617 #178651 #1A1786 #86174B

square

#838617 #178651 #1A1786 #86174B

split-complementary

#838617 #174B86 #511786

monochromatic

#1D1E05 #50520E #838617 #B6BA20 #D9DD3A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#838617 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#838617 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #838617

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##838617	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##838617	1.00	3.90	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#918000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928222

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D7D72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #838617;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 134, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.125 111.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aba960',
    500: '#838617',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #838617;
$custom-light: #aba960;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#838617",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.622,
    "s": 70.701,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59825,
    "c": 0.12454,
    "h": 111.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#838617

secondary

#423FBA

accent

#3AED3F

background

#FAFAF6

surface

#F5F4EB

border

#CFCEC6

text

#100F05

muted

#7F7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #838617

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

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