#838B16#838B16

#838B16 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.130 H 113.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#838B16
RGB	rgb(131, 139, 22)
HSL	hsl(64, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(64, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.8%, 0%, 84.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.43, -16.88, 55.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.43, 57.69, 107.02°)
OKLab	oklab(61% -0.0527 0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(61% 0.13 113.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.7381, 23.3489, 4.2786)
Luminance	0.2335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#838B16 #1E168B

analogous

#8B5916 #838B16 #488B16

triadic

#838B16 #16838B #8B1683

tetradic

#838B16 #168B59 #1E168B #8B1648

square

#838B16 #168B59 #1E168B #8B1648

split-complementary

#838B16 #16488B #59168B

monochromatic

#1F2105 #51560E #838B16 #B5C01E #D5E03B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#838B16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#838B16 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #838B16

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##838B16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##838B16	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: #838b16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(131, 139, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.130 113.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#abac61',
    500: '#838b16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #838b16;
$custom-light: #abac61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#838b16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 131,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.103,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61,
    "c": 0.1303,
    "h": 113.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#838B16

secondary

#473EBF

accent

#38EF45

background

#FAFAF6

surface

#F5F4EB

border

#CFCEC6

text

#101005

muted

#7F7F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #838B16

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

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