#838822#838822

#838822 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.121 H 112.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#838822
RGB	rgb(131, 136, 34)
HSL	hsl(63, 60%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(63, 75%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 0%, 75%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.61, -14.81, 50.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.61, 52.75, 106.31°)
OKLab	oklab(60.36% -0.0459 0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(60.36% 0.121 112.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.4536, 22.5495, 4.8935)
Luminance	0.2255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#838822 #272288

analogous

#885A22 #838822 #508822

triadic

#838822 #228388 #882283

tetradic

#838822 #22885A #272288 #882250

square

#838822 #22885A #272288 #882250

split-complementary

#838822 #225088 #5A2288

monochromatic

#25260A #545716 #838822 #B2B92E #CDD351

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#838822 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#838822 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #838822

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##838822	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##838822	1.00	3.81	5.51	5.51
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93810D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93842A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C7F74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #838822;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 136, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.121 112.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aaaa65',
    500: '#838822',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #838822;
$custom-light: #aaaa65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#838822",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.941,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60358,
    "c": 0.12084,
    "h": 112.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#838822

secondary

#544FB7

accent

#45E34C

background

#FAFAF6

surface

#F4F4EB

border

#CECEC6

text

#101006

muted

#7F7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #838822

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

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