#838B15#838B15

#838B15 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.131 H 113.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#838B15
RGB	rgb(131, 139, 21)
HSL	hsl(64, 74%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(64, 85%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.8%, 0%, 84.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.43, -16.92, 55.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.43, 57.94, 106.97°)
OKLab	oklab(61% -0.0528 0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(61% 0.131 113.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.7287, 23.3451, 4.2288)
Luminance	0.2334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#838B15 #1D158B

analogous

#8B5815 #838B15 #488B15

triadic

#838B15 #15838B #8B1583

tetradic

#838B15 #158B58 #1D158B #8B1548

square

#838B15 #158B58 #1D158B #8B1548

split-complementary

#838B15 #15488B #58158B

monochromatic

#1F2105 #51560D #838B15 #B5C01D #D6E139

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#838B15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#838B15 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #838B15

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##838B15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##838B15	1.00	3.70	5.67	5.67
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968622

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C8276

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #838b15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 139, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.131 113.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abac60',
    500: '#838b15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #838b15;
$custom-light: #abac60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#838b15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.068,
    "s": 73.75,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60996,
    "c": 0.13072,
    "h": 113.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#838B15

secondary

#463DBF

accent

#37F044

background

#FAFAF6

surface

#F5F4EB

border

#CFCEC6

text

#101005

muted

#7F7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #838B15

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

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